Michelle Obama - It's Her-Story

Michelle Obama - Behind every great man there's a great woman, and today Barack Obama’s loving wife is preparing to move into the White House as America’s First Lady.<BR><BR>Read her-story.

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Michelle Obama - Behind every great man there's a great woman, and today Barack Obama’s loving wife is preparing to move into the White House as America’s First Lady.<BR><BR>Read her-story.

Michelle Obama - No matter what the outcome is, we have to keep our eyes on the bigger picture. We need some kind of change. We can’t cut off our noses to spite our faces.

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Michelle Obama - No matter what the outcome is, we have to keep our eyes on the bigger picture. We need some kind of change. We can’t cut off our noses to spite our faces.

Michelle Obama - I come to this with a lot of interesting talents, but I think it would be unfair of me to say today what I would do in a couple of years. I need to be prepared to do what the country needs me to do at the time. Whether that’s baking cookies or serving as a wonderful hostess, that’s my job.

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Michelle Obama - I come to this with a lot of interesting talents, but I think it would be unfair of me to say today what I would do in a couple of years. I need to be prepared to do what the country needs me to do at the time. Whether that’s baking cookies or serving as a wonderful hostess, that’s my job.

Fashion Award - Meanwhile, the first lady will be honored for her style. The Council of Fashion Designers of America will give the first lady a tribute at their annual awards gala in June. A council executive says they want to acknowledge her &quot;commitment to American fashion.&quot; He says they'll also set up a grant in her name to help an up-and-coming fashion company.

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Michelle Obama - For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country. Because it feels like hope is making a comeback.

Michelle Obama - Before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation.

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Michelle Obama - Before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation.

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Michelle Obama - There is still a lot of hard work that we as a country need to do. They can’t look to any one individual, whether it’s Barack or it’s the next new hope that’s going to appear to be that savior.

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Michelle Obama - There is still a lot of hard work that we as a country need to do. They can’t look to any one individual, whether it’s Barack or it’s the next new hope that’s going to appear to be that savior.

Michelle Obama - We have lost the understanding that in a democracy, we have a mutual obligation to one another — that we cannot measure the greatness of our society by the strongest and richest of us, but we have to measure our greatness by the least of these.

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Michelle Obama - We have lost the understanding that in a democracy, we have a mutual obligation to one another — that we cannot measure the greatness of our society by the strongest and richest of us, but we have to measure our greatness by the least of these.

Michelle Obama - Barack is one of the smartest people you will ever encounter who will deign to enter this messy thing called politics.

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Michelle Obama - Barack is one of the smartest people you will ever encounter who will deign to enter this messy thing called politics.

Michelle Obama - Although she's married to our next President, Michelle insists she has no political ambitions herself, and is content to be mum-in-chief to their daughters Malia, ten, and seven-year-old Sasha.

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Michelle Obama - Although she's married to our next President, Michelle insists she has no political ambitions herself, and is content to be mum-in-chief to their daughters Malia, ten, and seven-year-old Sasha.

Michelle Obama - Welcome to the White House, First Lady Michelle LaVaughn Robinson-Obama. You make us proud to be a woman.

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Michelle Obama - Welcome to the White House, First Lady Michelle LaVaughn Robinson-Obama. You make us proud to be a woman.