President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wait to receive guests at the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. According to CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, the Obamas personally greeted 36 guests, including foreign leaders, before the event.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wait to receive guests at the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. The lengthy greeting ceremony began just after 6 p.m. and took nearly two hours.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn as he arrives at the leaders reception of the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and wife, Laureen Harper, as they arrive for the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, and wife, Laureen, second from right, are greeted by President Barack Obama and wife, Michelle, right, as the G-20 leaders arrive to a working dinner reception at the Phipps Conservatory on the opening day of the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
President Barack Obama greets Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the leaders reception of the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
It was raining for a little while during the early arrivals, and the Obamas had to stand in the rain while posing for photos. After joking about appointing an "Awning Czar," Mr. Obama asked an aide for a handkerchief and used it to wipe the raindrops from his wife, according to CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller.
First lady Michelle Obama brushes off drops of rain from the jacket of President Barack Obama as they welcome guests in a light drizzle for the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
"Kevin, you finally brought your better half. About time," President Barack Obama said to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, as he and first lady Michelle Obama greeted Rudd and his wife, Therese Rein, as they arrive for the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and wife, Sarah, arrive for the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and wife, Sarah, as they arrive for the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
Despite reports in the British Press that President Obama "snubbed" Prime Minister Gordon Brown's requests for a bilateral meeting during the United Nations General Assembly in New York (something both governments denied), the Browns and Obamas greeted each other warmly. Sarah Brown, CBS News White House corresponent Mark Knoller noted, even held President Obama's hand while taking photos.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni, walk towards President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, both not pictured, as they arrive for the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
First lady Michelle Obama welcomes Carla Bruni, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as they arrived for the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. The two stylish women greeted each other warmly, reported CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, who said that Bruni hugged the first lady with both arms.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni, as they arrive for the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome China's President Hu Jintao as he arrives for the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his wife, Svetlana Medvedeva, as they arrive for the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. According to CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, Obama turned the Russian leader to pose for photos, joking, "We don't have enough pictures - we have to take some more."
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama share a moment as they wait to receive guests at the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. According to CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, the Obamas personally greeted 36 guests, including foreign leaders, before the event.
First lady Michelle Obama welcomes Japan's first lady Miyuki Hatoyama to the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his wife, Miyuki Hatoyama, as they arrive for the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.