michelle obama

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama was born on January 17th 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. She is the wife of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and has two daughters (Malia and Sasha).

A graduate of both Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Michelle Obama worked for Chicago law firm Sidley Austin immediately after graduation. Subsequently, she worked on the staff of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley before helping her husband campaign for the Democratic nomination and eventually his successful 2008 presidential bid.

As the first black first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama has received substantial media attention since arriving in office. You can read about her in the blogosphere on The Huffington Post.

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• Secret Service agents who allowed Obama party crashers placed on leave

  
  Lynn Sweet — Authority: 687
  WASHINGTON--Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan told a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Thursday that the agents who let Tareq and Michaele Salahi crash the Nov. 24 Obama state dinner have been placed on leave. Sullivan told the committee procedures "were not followed at the initial checkpoint...in ...
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• Michelle Obama previews White House Christmas: Been planning since the summer

  
  Lynn Sweet — Authority: 687
  THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the First Lady ___________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release December 2, 2009 REMARKS BY THE FIRST LADY AT HOLIDAY PRESS PREVIEW Grand Foyer 12:01 P.M. EST MRS. OBAMA: Hello. Good afternoon. Welcome to the White House ...
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• Obamas Attend National Tree Lighting Ceremony Dec. 3

  
  Today With President Barack Obama — Authority: 152
  White House gingerbread and Bo in the front Tonight at 5 pm eastern is the National Tree Lighting Ceremony, which is put on by the National Park Foundation. The Obamas will attend and so will the Bidens. The ceremony will be live streamed here . Im sure it will also be live streamed at cnn.com . Some of the ...
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• White House stiffs Congress on gate-crashers

  
  Top of the Ticket — Authority: 813
  Hiding behind the Constitutions separation-of-powers doctrine, the White House refused today to allow Social Secretary Desiree Rogers to testify on Capitol Hill on that embarrassing lapse of protocol and security when a couple not on the invite list crashed President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama s first ...
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• White House Unveils Holiday Decorations

  
  Holiday Rap - Holidays on the Net Holiday Blog — Authority: 144
  First Lady Michelle Obama officially unveiled the White House Christmas decorations yesterday (12/02) Remarks by The First Lady at Holiday Press Preview MRS. OBAMA: Hello. Good afternoon. Welcome to the White House and Happy Holidays! Thanks to all of you for joining us here today as we preview how we will ...
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• Robert Gibbs on Desiree Rogers

  
  Lynn Sweet — Authority: 687
  White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Social Secretary Desiree Rogers: "The President, the First Lady, and the entire White House staff are grateful for the job that she does and think she has done a terrific and wonderful job pulling off a lot of big and important events here at the White House."
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• Christmas at the White House…eeeeekk!!

  
  Jack & Jill Politics — Authority: 619
  One of my goosebumps moments. First Lady Michelle Obama smiles during the holiday press preview of the White House in Washington December 2, 2009. This year’s holiday theme is “Reflect, Rejoice and Renew.” —— REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON – DECEMBER 02: The official White House Christmas ...
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• Craig Robinson’s Tarnished Legacy featuring Barack Obama

  
  Food for Thought... — Authority: 131
  Craig Robinson spurns offers to play big-time D1 basketball. Chooses Princeton. Becomes two-time Ivy League all-conference. Legend Carrill tells him hes too smart to coach. Earns MBA, high-paying jobs, great job titles in business career. Sister marries Barack Obama. Craig studies under Bill Carmody at ...
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• White House Holiday Decorations

  
  Hollywood Entertainment — Authority: 145
  First lady Michelle Obama herself chooses the traditional decorations for the White House rooms fitted for holiday decorations.
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• Paul W Gardner no longer crashers’ lawyer

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 151
  December 3, 2009Don’t blame him. Though it appears his split may have more to do with the fact he could potentially be called to testify, rather than his convoluted relationships with Mahogany Jones, Michele S Jones and the crashers. He was part of the email communications re: the State Dinner between the crashers ...
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• I CAN’T HELP MYSELF

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 453
  At first glance I thought it was Obama and his wookie wife at a state dinner but then I realized they were circus monkeys. My bad.     Sorta gives me a good segue into this:   H/T: THEO  
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• LIBS IN TOYLAND

  
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  Absolutely BRILLIANT!!!   H/T: Rodger
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• EUROPEAN JOURNALISTS: SAYING WHAT OUR MEDIA REFUSES TO SAY

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 453
  From Der Speigel: Searching in vain for the Obama magic. Never before has a speech by President Barack Obama felt as false as his Tuesday address announcing America’s new strategy for Afghanistan. It seemed like a campaign speech combined with Bush rhetoric — and left both dreamers and realists feeling ...
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• THE NEWS SO EVEN DEMOCRATS CAN UNDERSTAND

  
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• SENATOR COBURN SPEAKS TRUTH; DEMS GET PANTIES IN WAD

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 453
  On the Senate floor Senator Coburn said what many on the right are saying: that health care will be rationed which will result in “death panels.” A Republican senator asserted Tuesday during a rancorous floor debate that President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul will shorten the lives of America’s ...
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• OBAMA NOW CONCERNED ABOUT JOBS

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 453
  It took him months to decide what to do about Afghanistan and when he did he went before West Point cadets, spoke for a long time, bored one of them to sleep, never mentioned “victory” and left. Now he’s holding a “jobs summit” …. with Google in attendance!!! What the fuck does that mean? We’ll ...
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• DEMOCRATS LIE ABOUT ILLEGALS GETTING HEALTH CARE IN REFORM BILL

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 453
  By now this should come as no surprise to anyone. Here it is: Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants could receive health care coverage from their employers under the bills winding their way through Congress, despite President Obama’s explicit pledge that illegal immigrants would not benefit. The House ...
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• Volunteers decorate White House for Christmas

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images The official White House Christmas tree is displayed in the Blue Room during a press tour of the holiday decorations in Washington, DC. The Douglas Fir, lit with environmentally friendly LED lights and decorated with more than 800 ornaments from previous White House administrations ...
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• ALL THE NEWS YOU NEED IN LESS THAN 2.5 MINUTES

  
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• Sanctuary in Harmony: How Music Education is Saving Lives in LA

  
  Community Marketing Blog — Authority: 127
    Photo: Harmony Projects founder Margaret Martin and seventh-grader Kiana Coronado-Ziadie receive an award from First Lady Michelle Obama. Credit: White House “We look at each student, not as a deficit to be fixed, but as an asset to be nurtured and developed,” whispered Margaret Martin, founder of ...
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