A White House dinner


"CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner on Saturday, April 22, 2007. Her guest for the evening was N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper.

A week before the dinner, Cooper gave an exclusive interview to "60 Minutes" on the Duke lacrosse case, but a representative said the tickets were not given as a return favor.

"This was just a spontaneous invitation," said spokeswoman Noelle Talley.

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