Michelle Obama
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 31: Former first lady Laura Bush (R) and first lady Michelle Obama arrive in the East Room for the unveiling of former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush's offical portraits at the White House May 31, 2012 in Washington, DC. Commissioned by the White House Historical Association, the portraits will hang in the White House next to portraits of the other past presidents.
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By the time he was in college, like so many young people, he realized that he could do more with his life ... I think when he lost his father, that was one of his click-in moments.
I love her to death and was glad to be out there moving my body with her
Michelle Obama says her daughters are learning that even the kids of politicians have to have a thick skin. ‘Politics is tough,’ the first lady said Tuesday. ‘That’s just sort of the nature of the beast.’More quotes »
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Obama to honor fallen troops, mark 50th anniversary of Vietnam War
veterans, while Virginia and North Carolina each have about 800,000 veterans living in their states.The president and first lady Michelle Obama were starting the day with a breakfast at the White House for families who have lost loved ones in combat. Read more »
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First lady has plan to get kids involved in sports
-- Michelle Obama remembers sitting in front of her television many years ago and watching Mary Lou Retton , Nadia Comaneci and Carl Lewis as they competed in the Summer Olympics."Like so many others," she said, "I was awed and inspired by those athletes." Read more »
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Obama set sights on Ohio, Virginia, 2 key states
is at his best, feeding off the energy of an enthusiastic crowd. Young voters were a crucial voting bloc in 2008 victory. Michelle Obama was joining the president at the stops in states critical to the re-election effort.In 2008, Obama won Ohio while reversing Read more »
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Obama woos students, pushes low rate student loans
the University of North Carolina that he personally understood the burden of college costs, noting that he and first lady Michelle Obama had "been in your shoes" and didn't pay off their student loans until eight years ago."I didn't just read about this. I Read more »
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Akst: Michelle Obama wrong on food deserts
in such deserts, forced to trek through trackless wastes of Big Macs and the like to find a single Brussels sprout.Michelle Obama, who's spent quite a bit of energy trying to make the food desert bloom with fruits and vegetables, talked about the problem of Read more »
Around the web
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Michelle Obama campaigns in Northern Virginia next week
lady Michelle Obama will return to Virginia next week to campaign for her husband. Her scheduled June 7 appearance in Northern Virginia will be her first public campaign event of the 2012 cycle without President Barack Obama, according to the Obama campaign. 12:20 AM from Richmond Times-Dispatch Read more »
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Open thread for night owls: Civil liberties be damned
a diary they'd be trying to find? Use a person's full name, without any title. Senator Obama may become President Obama, and Michelle Obama might run for office. If your diary covers an election or elected official, use election tags, which are generally the 5/31/12 from Daily Kos Read more »
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FLOTUS: We'll see female president
lady Michelle Obama said in a video released Thursday that she had no doubt that one day a woman would occupy the Oval Office. "Like I tell my daughters, women and girls can do whatever they want," Obama said. "There's no limit to what we as women can accomplish." 5/31/12 from The Politico Read more »
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Quotes of the day
chunk of change from me. I’m maxing out in a single donation for the first time ever to a POTUS candidate. Barack 0bama and Michelle Obama must go! Did everyone see how Clinton heaped praise on Romney’s business record? First Patrick now Clinton. With friends 5/31/12 from Hot Air Read more »
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Hanging George Bush
House of the portraits of President George W. Bush and Laura Bush. It was a wonderful occasion, at which President and Mrs. Obama could not have been warmer and more gracious and the former president more charming. He noted that the collection of White House 5/31/12 from The New York Sun Read more »
