Video: Red Carpet at the Obamas' First State Dinner

Celebrities dressed in black tie to attend the lavish affair.

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Video: Obama pardons Thanksgiving turkey

While "Courage" the turkey is getting a second lease on life, tens of millions of travelers across America are hoping for their own hassle-free Thanksgiving holiday.

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Video: U.S. downplays climate change talks

The White House is acknowledging that getting a binding agreement for cutting greenhouse gases at the Copenhagen Summit is very unlikely.

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Video: Obama to announce Afghanistan plans

President Barack Obama said at a joint news conference with India's Prime Minister, that he will announce a new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan within days.

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Video: U.S. health reform moves on

Plans for a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system narrowly clear their first hurdle.

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Video: Debating US travel ban to Cuba

In the United States, the Congress debated lifting the five-decade long travel embargo for American citizens to Cuba.

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Video: Obama dips below 50% in 2 polls

Two new public opinion polls show the faltering U.S. economy seems to be taking its toll on President Barack Obama's approval rating.

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Video: Sen.Gregg knocks curbs on Fed role

Republican U.S. Senator Judd Gregg on Wednesday criticized the Democrats' plan to impose sweeping curbs on the Federal Reserve.

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Video: Sarah Palin kicks off book tour

Launching a media blitz for her book release, Sarah Palin greets hundreds of fans in Michigan.

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Video: Obama, Holder defend NY 9/11 trials

Attorney General Eric Holder defended his decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a federal criminal court in New York City rather than by military commission.

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Video: Oprah Meets Sarah Palin

Oprah Winfrey nabs her biggest interview of the year as she sits down with former Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Sarah discusses the 2008 campaign, her war of words with Levi Johnston and presidential aspirations for 2012.

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Video: The next "Guantanamo Bay?"

A virtually empty prison in Thomson, Illinois could be the next possible location to house foreign terrorism suspects moved from the Guantanamo Bay prison.

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Video - No faith can justify Fort Hood rampage: Obama

US President Barack Obama said no faith could justify the Fort Hood rampage, in an poignant address Tuesday eulogizing victims of accused gunman, Major Nidal Hasan, a practicing Muslim. "It may be hard to comprehend the twisted logic that led to this tragedy," Obama said at a memorial service at the base in Texas.

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Video: Spare TARP Funds Could Ease Deficit

A $210 billion surplus in TARP funding could be used to reduced the U.S.'s towering national deficit. WSJ's Deborah Solomon says the move follows criticism of the Obama administration's approach to debt.

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Video: Obama's Election Night Anniversary

U.S. News Chief White House Correspondent Kenneth T. Walsh analyzes how the president is doing one year after his historic win.

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Video: Obama not a focus of 2009 races

The race for governor in both New Jersey and Virginia has largely ignored President Obama - making it difficult to predict how either party will fare in 2010.

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