The NYT reports: "Obama and the White House had tried to lower expectations for thegathering, saying there would be no big announcements and portraying itas just three guys having a beer. The menu for the meeting round an outside table in the warmWashington afternoon featured each man's preferred brew: Bud Light forObama, Blue Moon for Crowley and Sam Adams Light for Gates. VicePresident Joe Biden, also at the table, had a Buckler nonalcoholic beer. Themen drank from clear glass mugs and munched on peanuts and pretzelsserved in small silver bowls. Gates and Crowley brought their familiesto the White House and they toured the East Wing together before theysat down with Obama."
The press was kept at a distance, AFTER THE JUMP…
