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Ex-'The West Wing' star Dule Hill gets to play in front of a real president, Obama

FILE - This April 11, 2012 file photo shows Dule Hill at the opening night performance of the Broadway play "Magic/Bird" in New York. The actor and dancer who played a personal presidential aide aboard “The West Wing” got a chance to perform a song for hundreds of world leaders, including President Barack Obama, Monday night, Sept. 23, 2013, during a reception for U.N. leaders. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Few people get to meet a U.S. president, but Dule Hill has met three — one fake and now his second real one.

The actor who played a personal presidential aide on "The West Wing" got a chance to perform a song for President Barack Obama and hundreds of other world leaders Monday night during a reception for U.N. leaders.

Hill and cast members of the upcoming Broadway show "After Midnight," a musical celebrating Duke Ellington's years at the Cotton Club nightclub, sang a few numbers at the Waldorf Astoria hotel.

Hill says he "really enjoyed it" and "never thought this would ever happen."

It's Hill's third close encounter with a commander in chief. He met Jimmy Carter a few years ago.

News from © The Associated Press, 2013
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