Chelsea Clinton and new husband, Marc Mezvinsky, are overcome with joy during their wedding ceremony. "Today, we watched with great pride and overwhelming emotion as Chelsea and Marc wed in a beautiful ceremony at Astor Courts, surrounded by family and their close friends," President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement.
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Chelsea Clinton married her longtime boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky, ending weeks of exciting and secretive build-up about their nuptials.
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Chelsea Clinton and her new husband, Marc Mezvinsky, pose for photos with proud parents, Bill and Hillary Clinton.
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Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky
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Bill Clinton escorts his daughter Chelsea down the aisle during her wedding ceremony in Rhinebeck, N.Y.
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The lucky few: Wedding guests line up to board a shuttle bus to the site for the very private wedding.
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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright runs a gantlet of camera-toting journalists and tourists as she leaves a restaurant in the tiny town of Rhinebeck.
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Crowds began forming early after weeks of intrigue and secrecy about a ceremony with a VIP guest list, including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
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The tiny town of Rhinebeck, N.Y., has swarmed with media and tourists interested in the Chelsea Clinton nuptials.
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With all events closed to outsiders, catching a glimpse of the action -- and the participants -- takes some effort.
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The wedding is set to take place at Astor Courts, a secluded estate along the Hudson River built as a Beaux Arts style playground for John Jacob Astor IV more than a century ago.
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Wedding guest Marie Clinton Bruno, of Little Rock, Ark., stops to greet Ella while sightseeing in the tiny town of Rhinebeck, N.Y.
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Astor Courts features the sort of commanding view that once inspired Hudson River School painters, as well as 50 acres of buffer space to shield the party from prying eyes.
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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Democratic party chairman Terry McAuliffe exit a restaurant in Rhinebeck. Officials restricted airspace over the wedding site, and the area will remain a no-fly zone until 3:30 a.m. Sunday.
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Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky were friends as teenagers in Washington, and both attended Stanford University.
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A passenger wearing a Bill Clinton mask parades through the streets ahead of the wedding.
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Dozens of men in black-tie attire and women in gowns boarded shuttle buses in the village for the short ride to the estate.
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Hundreds of people gathered outside the hotel where many of the guests are staying were rewarded Friday night when the Clintons exited a van arm-in-arm outside the Beekman Arms Hotel.
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A mysterious hand waves out the window of a Hummer stretch limousine passing through downtown Rhinebeck. Much speculation is going into who is on the guest list.
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A man in a Bill Clinton mask waves in downtown Rhinebeck.
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Debra Belding passes out champagne and wedding cake to customers in front of her shop.
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Merchants such as Debra Belding have seen business thrive as Rhinebeck has been flooded with wedding guests and scores of reporters.
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Bob Tanksley and Kim Koerner toast during an impromptu sidewalk celebration of the upcoming nuptials.
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An employee carries a piece of fencing past the historic Beekman Arms Inn, the site of a pre-wedding party.
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A bridal store in downtown Rhinebeck decorated its window with good wishes for the couple.
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The father of the bride makes the rounds in Rhinebeck on his way to lunch.
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A newly svelte Bill Clinton was asked to lose 15 pounds before his daughter's wedding.
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After years on the campaign trail, Clinton has a finely honed talent for shaking hands and moving along.
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Residents of Rhinebeck won't have to look for Clinton impersonators this weekend. The former commander in chief has been a man about town before Chelsea's wedding.
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The normally quiet town is teeming with traffic as interest intensifies in the weekend wedding festivities.
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People in Bill and Hillary masks are eager to have their picture taken.
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State troopers are helping to keep order during the onslaught of visitors.
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Locals are trying to cash in on the interest in the wedding. One couple wears Bill and Hillary Clinton masks while posing for photos.
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A mascot from the Hudson Valley Renegades baseball team holds a sign on East Market Street.
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Regina Caridi, left, and Debbie Rodriguez in front of a window that has been decorated for the young couple.
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A crowd of photographers gathers outside Gigi's restaurant, where Bill Clinton stopped for lunch.
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Locals watch the frenzy as a horde of reporters and tourists arrive in advance of Saturday's wedding.
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Balloons with a wedding theme are displayed outside a shop in Rhinebeck.
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The wedding of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky is the lead story in the Hudson Valley News, a local newspaper in Rhinebeck, where the pair are to be married July 31.
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A sign at Samuel's coffee bar on East Market Street in Rhinebeck congratulates Clinton and Mezvinsky.
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Television camera crews stake out East Market Street.
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A man walks on East Market Street, where a sign hangs congratulating Clinton and Mezvinsky.
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A view from above Astor Courts, where Clinton and Mezvinsky plan to marry.
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On display at Pete's Diner on East Market Street: a drawing of Chelsea Clinton and a photograph of a local with Clinton's parents.
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The town of Rhinebeck is bracing for the Clinton-Mezvinsky wedding.
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A sign outside Leonardo's Italian Market on East Market Street.
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People walk along a festive East Market Street in Rhinebeck.
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The Beekman Arms Inn, in the center of the small town of Rhinebeck, has been fully booked with guests of the wedding, which is expected to take place in a private ceremony with about 400 guests.
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