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Barack Obama At White House Correspondents' Dinner: Wears Long Tie To Black Tie Event (PHOTOS, POLL)

May. 11, 2009
***Scroll down for slideshow, poll, and update!*** This past Saturday, President Barack Obama attended the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, a traditionally black tie affair. And while President Obama's tie was certainly black, it was, however, long. Was this a fashion faux pas? Or was...
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