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2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner Journalists, politicians and celebrities gathered for the White House Correspondents' Association Annual Dinner. President Obama poked fun at himself and his Republican rivals and included jokes about a passage from his autobiography where he had eaten dog as a boy living in Indonesia. The president also said Mitt Romney would probably consider the dinner’s location, the Washington Hilton, a “fixer upper.” Following the president’s remarks, comedian Jimmy Kimmel took to the stage, joking about the president’s ears, the first lady’s fitness campaign, and dinner attendees.
