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E-mails between the White House state dinner crashers and a Pentagon official show that the couple arrived at the event without a confirmed invitation. Just after the event, they e-mailed the official to say they went to the gate "to just check in" and they were allowed in.
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he isn't interested in running for president in 2012. "Why would I want to do that? It's been a hell of a tour," Cheney says in an interview. "I've loved it. I have no aspirations for further office." However, he believes Republicans have a good shot at taking back the White House.

In a major speech Tuesday night, President Barack Obama laid out his vision for America's involvement in Afghanistan, telling the nation he's sending 30,000 more troops to the country but that U.S. forces will begin coming home in July 2011.

As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee commuted the prison sentence of a man now suspected of gunning down four Seattle-area police officers. Now that the Republican is considering another run for the White House, his clemency may come back to haunt him.
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A new poll says that Americans consider Rush Limbaugh the nation's most influential conservative voice -- by a wide margin. According to the poll, which was conducted by "60 Minutes" and Vanity Fair, Limbaugh easily trounced such competitors as Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and Dick Cheney.

Oprah Winfrey will interview President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as part of a primetime special to air Dec. 13 on ABC.