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Alleged White House party crasher photographed with Pelosi, Kerry, Conyers

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January 12, 2010, 9:23 am by Christina Wilkie

In what appears to be another setback for the White House security team, new photos reveal that an alleged party crasher posed for pictures with many powerful lawmakers at President Barack Obama's Nov. 24, 2009 state dinner.

The man alleged to be the third White House gate crasher, Carlos Allen, also posed for plenty of grip-and-grin shots, which were posted on Facebook late Monday by stylist Erwin Gomez.

Legislators pictured with the alleged third White House party crasher include Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.).

Late last year photos with suspected gate crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi with Vice President Joe Biden and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel were widely circulated on the Internet and on cable news networks.

Michaele Salahi visited to Gomez's Georgetown salon to prep for the November evening.

On Monday, Allen told Good Morning America that he deleted photos of himself at the dinner from his website after seeing the reaction Tareq and Michaele Salahi received when their photos from the dinner were circulated.

Unlike the Salahis, Allen claims to have received an invitation to the state dinner in the mail, a claim disputed by the Secret Service.

Invited or not, Allen certainly rubbed elbows with some famous folks, among them:

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Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and his wife Jackie 


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House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.)

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Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) 

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Sec. of State Hillary Clinton

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Attorney General Eric Holder

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Gen. Colin Powell (ret.) 

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Senior White House Advisor David Axelrod


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