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July 26, 2010 / 6:37 PM

Obama not going to Chelsea wedding

Chelsea Clinton waits for her mother Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding her nomination by President-elect Barack Obama to be Secretary of State on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 13, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

Chelsea Clinton waits for her mother Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding her nomination by President-elect Barack Obama to be Secretary of State on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 13, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg) | License Photo

WASHINGTON, July 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is not going to Chelsea Clinton's wedding, the White House spokesman said Monday.

Asked, "Is he (Obama) going to the wedding?" Press Secretary Robert Gibbs answered, "No."

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The super-secret wedding, set for July 31 on the private Astor Court estate in Rhinebeck, N.Y., overlooking the Hudson River, is limited to an estimated 400 guests -- all with direct connections to Chelsea Clinton or her bridegroom, Marc Mezvinsky.

Chelsea is the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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