Michaele and Tareq Salahi had attended events through the Indian embassy, and Gawker.com today speculated as to whether the couple's ties to the embassy had something to do with how they ended up at the state dinner

Embassy spokesman Rahul Chhabra strongly denied that possibility.

"Neither the embassy nor anyone from the embassy was involved in any way in their getting into the White House. Nor did we request any invitation for them," Chhabra told TPM today.