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US President Barack Obama poked fun at himself speaking at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
He took playful digs at his frequent use of a teleprompter.
Republicans were also a target. Mr Obama joked that former Vice President Dick Cheney could not make the dinner because he is writing his memoir, How to shoot friends and interrogate people.
Mr Cheney once accidentally shot and injured a friend while on a hunting trip while he has robustly defended the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
The 200 US dollar-per-ticket dinner also attracted entertainment celebrities such as Natalie Portman, Sting, Steven Spielberg and Jon Bon Jovi to raise money for charity.
