President Barack Obama laughs during his comic monologue during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington May 9, 2009. This is where he said he was going to way something off the cuff, from the heart...and the teleprompters come up from the floor...
Actors Ashton Kutcher (R) talks to US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (L) at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, May 9, 2009.
US first lady Michelle Obama (L) hugs comedian Wanda Sykes (R) at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama flexes her arms in response to a joke about her habit of wearing sleeveless dresses during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington May 9, 2009.
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (L) gives a fist bump to a journalism scholarship recipient at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington May 9, 2009. First lady Michelle Obama gestures that she can't hear as actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg calls out to her from the audience.
US President Barack Obama (L) greets veteran reporter Helen Thomas (R) at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, May 9, 2009.
Actress Whoopi Goldberg (R) laughs as she takes a cell-phone picture of US President Barack Obama at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, May 9, 2009. Also pictured is TV host Chris Matthews (L).
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell (R) chats with current US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, May 9, 2009
