Obama hosts German Chancellor Merkel at State Dinner (15 images)

Wine glasses sit on a table during the State Dinner with U.S. President Barack Obama and Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2011. Obama said he and Merkel agreed that the debt crisis in Europe "cannot be allowed to put the global economic recovery at risk." UPI/Andrew Harrer/POOL

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, listens as Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, speaks during a State Visit with U.S. President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2011. Obama said he and Merkel agreed that the debt crisis in Europe "cannot be allowed to put the global economic recovery at risk." UPI/Andrew Harrer/POOL

U.S. President Barack Obama and Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, have their photo taken during a State Dinner on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2011. Obama said he and Merkel agreed that the debt crisis in Europe "cannot be allowed to put the global economic recovery at risk." UPI/Andrew Harrer/POOL

Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Roberts and his wife Jane arrive for a State Dinner in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2011. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg