A big oversight-admittedly The Weekly Standard is an Obama hostile publication. That said its worth pondering. why wasn't an individual that encapsulates agency and self reliance not on the guest list? :
Thus we were not surprised to see there was no mention of George Ayittey on the guest list, which included Africa and Obama groupies as well as businessmen with a nose for handouts. Ayittey, a Ghanaian champion of the private sector and the political and civil liberties that are inseparable from it, is a well-known critic of the corruption that seems intrinsic to both the “big man” regimes and the “culture of dependence” they foster and that is perpetuated by the foreign aid industry.More here