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(FILES) This November 24, 2009 filed photo shows Tareq Salahi (R) and Michaele Salahi arriving for the State Dinner in honour of India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Bookseller's area of the White House in Washington, DC. The uninvited couple that sneaked into an exclusive state dinner at the White House joins a lengthy list of similar security lapses, according to a 2003 Secret Service report revealed December 7, 2009 in the Washington Post. The Secret Service -- the branch in charge of the president's security -- have mistakenly seen at least 91 breaches of their checkpoints since 1980, said the daily, adding that the report was used to train agents. AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN /FILES
(FILES) This November 24, 2009 filed photo shows Tareq Salahi (R) and Michaele Salahi arriving for the State Dinner in honour of India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Bookseller’s area of the White House in Washington, DC. The uninvited couple that sneaked into an exclusive state dinner at the White House joins a lengthy list of similar security lapses, according to a 2003 Secret Service report revealed December 7, 2009 in the Washington Post. The Secret Service — the branch in charge of the president’s security — have mistakenly seen at least 91 breaches of their checkpoints since 1980, said the daily, adding that the report was used to train agents. AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN /FILES
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WASHINGTON — A couple who crashed a White House state dinner had handed over a high-end watch to pay a landscaping debt, but a jeweler says it is a fake.

Tareq Salahi last week gave up his Patek Phillipe watch, which his lawyer said would be worth more than enough to pay a $2,000 debt to a landscaper. But Pennsylvania watch expert Ray Cosey examined the watch and said Thursday that it was an imitation, perhaps worth $100 and could probably be bought on the street for less.

Meanwhile, an attorney for the landscaper says a check was delivered Monday for $2,063.55 and will cover the bill. The Associated Press

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