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President Barack Obama chats about politics and foreign policy during a taped appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Tuesday, telling the late-night talk show host he's not spending too much time yet focusing on next year's potential GOP rivals.

Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann defended her position on gay rights, the HPV vaccine and the debt ceiling as she made her debut on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Bachmann has more usually been the butt of Leno's jokes -- a point he made as he thanked her for being a good sport.

There's big news on the late night TV battlefront today: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno posted its lowest-rated Q2 -- the first full quarter since Leno came back as host after Conan O'Brien was dumped -- since the Late Show with David Letterman launched on CBS in 1993.

In this image released by NBC, former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is shown during an interview with host Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," Tuesday, March 2, 2010, in Burbank, Calif.

In this March 19, 2009 file photo, host Jay Leno is shown on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in Burbank, Calif.

A lampoon of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno's return to 11:35pm, and a response to the original promo's choice of the Beatles' "Get Back (To Where You Once Belonged)"

"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" is becoming "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" again, on March 1st, right after the Olympics concludes.

While NBC is already ramping up ads for Jay Leno, they've also announced the guest list for the first few shows.

TV history will be made tonight when U.S. President Barack Obama appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to pitch his bailout plan for the ailing economy directly to late-night TV viewers.

It's not U2, but "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" will get its own multiple dose of pop royalty this month