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Sen. Barack Obama and Michelle Obama attend the 36th NAACP Image Awards on Saturday, March 19, 2005
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Michelle Obama speaks in Pella, Iowa, July 4, 2007
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Michelle Obama, at a VIP reception before participating at the National Congress of Black Women, Inc. 23rd Awards Brunch, September 30, 2007.
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Sen. Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama proclaim a resounding victory in the South Carolina Democratic primary, Saturday, January 26, 2008, in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Sen. Barack Obama and wife Michelle celebrate his Super Tuesday victories, February 5, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois.
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Michelle Obama speaks at a Get Out The Vote community event in Durham, North Carolina, Friday, May 2, 2008.
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Sen. Barack Obama, with his wife, Michelle, addresses supporters in Raleigh, North Carolina, on primary election night, Tuesday, May 6, 2008.
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Michelle Obama spoke during a roundtable discussion on Thursday, July 10, 2008, on the campus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Michelle Obama cheers on children as they play a spelling game at the Old Dominion University Child Study Center, Wednesday, August 6, 2008, in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Earlier in the day Michelle Obama stands at the podium before the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado where she will later make a speech.
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Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, stands with her daughters, Sasha (right) and Malia after delivering her address at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, Monday, August 25, 2008. (Brian Baer/Sacramento Bee/MCT)
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, his wife, Michelle, and their daughters walk out to greet the crowd. Michelle is wearing a gown by Thakoon Panichgul. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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Being compared to the iconic and endlessly fashionable Jackie Kennedy, Michelle Obama has proven that the first family doesn't have to be dowdy. (Tannen Maury/Pool/MCT)
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President Barack Obama introduced his wife Michelle at the Commander-In-Chief Ball held at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, January 20, 2009. (David Stephenson/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT)
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First lady Michelle Obama enters the East Room to watch President Barack Obama sign the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Thursday, January 29, 2009, at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Chuck Kennedy/MCT)
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet guests after the President signed SCHIP legislation in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C., Wednesday, February 4, 2009. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
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First lady Michelle Obama greets children after celebrating African American History Month event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., February 18, 2009. She was hosting 6th and 7th grade DC school children to a performance by "Sweet Honey in the Rock," an African American female a cappella ensemble. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
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U.S. First lady Michelle Obama and French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gather at Palais Rohan during the NATO summit in Strasbourg, France, on April 3, 2009. The summit, which marks the organization's 60th anniversary, is taking place on April 3 and 4, 2009 in Strasbourg and the neighbouring German cities of Baden-Baden and Kehl. (Orban Thierry/Abaca Press/MCT)
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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and his son Ethan, 5, play on the new swing set on the south lawn of the White House, March 6, 2009, in Washington, D.C. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
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"Female Force" graphic novel cover by Vinnie Tartamella shows well known female figures Sarah Palin, from left, first lady Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Caroline Kennedy. (Carey Wagner/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/MCT)
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President Obama with first lady Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha, right, show off their new Portuguese Water Dog, Bo, to the White House press corp, Tuesday, April 14, 2009, in Washington, D.C. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
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