Barack Obama laughs it up at White House press dinner
President also turns the humour on himself at White House press dinner
Watch: Obama yuks it up with Washington reporters
US President Barack Obama joked about Russian President Vladimir Putin and issues much closer to home as he headlined the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday night.
The annual tradition has the president mocking others and himself as celebrities mingle with journalists and politicians.
Obama made fun of conservative TV hosts' talk about Putin's bare chest and one's comment last year about Putin being headed for a Nobel Peace Prize. "To be fair, they give those to just about anybody these days," said Obama, a laureate himself.
The president also joked about opposition claims that he had been born overseas instead of in the United States.