Sequester or no sequester; Shutdown or no shutdown; Debt ceiling increase or no debt ceiling increase–Nothing ever seems to keep the federal government from being able to sponsor a heck of a dinner.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/StateDept\/status\/392072710097870848\n
Here’s the full menu, including everything:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/BBCKimGhattas\/status\/392077181788364800\n
Optics? We don’t need no stinking optics!<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/TheRealTDB\/status\/392081841722626048\n
Would certain guests<\/a> still consider this meal the equivalent of hardtack and gruel?<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/AyeshaDurrani2\/status\/392077560172920833\n (h\/t Jeryl Bier<\/a>)<\/p> Read more: http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2013\/10\/20\/john-kerry-hosts-dinner-for-pakistan-prime-minister-menu-emblematic-of-fresh-debt-ceiling-increase-pic\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/SpeakWithAuthor\/status\/392108518288793600 Sequester or no sequester; Shutdown or no shutdown; Debt ceiling increase or no debt ceiling increase–Nothing ever seems to keep the federal government from being able to sponsor a heck of a dinner. http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/StateDept\/status\/392072710097870848 Here’s the full menu, including everything: http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/BBCKimGhattas\/status\/392077181788364800 Optics? We don’t need no stinking optics! http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/TheRealTDB\/status\/392081841722626048 Would certain guests still consider … Continue reading John Kerry hosts dinner; Menu emblematic of debt ceiling increase [pic]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anxiety"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1434944850377-screen-shot-2013-10-07-at-4-01-44-pm.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}