Ambassador
and Mrs. Simonyi hosted a dinner yesterday at their Residence to pay
tribute to Rabbi Arthur Schneier and his wife Elisabeth.
Among
the prominent guests of the evening were common friends such as Mrs. Diana
Negroponte, wife of Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte,
Congressman Tom Lantos, Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns, Nuncio
Gabriele Montalvo, JINSA Executive Director Thomas Neumann , William
and Dorothy McSweeny, Ambassador Claudia Fritsche of Liechtenstein and
Christopher Ruddy, CEO & President of NewsMax.com.

Congressman Tom Lantos, Mrs. Diana Negroponte, Rabbi
Arthur Schneier, and Ambassador Simonyi

Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Ambassador Simonyi, and Under
Secretary of State Nicholas Burns

Mrs. Náda Simonyi, Mrs. Elisabeth Schneier, and Mrs.
Diana Negroponte