Michelle Obama Archives

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks in the White House’s East Room on Friday (November 13).

Focusing on issues that older women face in health insurance, Michelle assured older women that a health care overhaul won’t keep them from Medicare benefits and that the change in health care will bring costs down.

“My husband believes that Medicare is a sacred part of America’s social safety net and it’s a safety net that he will protect — he will protect — with health insurance reform,” she said.

Three women, invited by the White House, spoke about personal incidents they’d had with paying for medical coverage and dealing with health insurance problems before the First Lady spoke.

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet trick or treaters at the White House’s North Portico as they celebrate Halloween on Saturday night (October 31) in Washington, D.C.

The First couple welcomed more than 2,000 children from Washington, Maryland and Virginia elementary schools and their families to celebrate Halloween.

“They’re adorable,” Mr. Obama said, “as is, by the way, my wife — a very nice-looking Cat Woman.”

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Michelle Obama speaks at the James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center in New York City on Wednesday (October 28).

The First Lady visited the veterans along with Dr. Jill Biden, the wife of the vice president, before the World Series Game 1 match-up between the NY Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies. They came in support of Major League Baseball’s Welcome Back Veterans initiative that helps U.S. military personnel and their families.

Obama and Biden accompanied Yankee great and D-Day veteran Yogi Berra to the mound as a wounded veteran threw out the first pitch.

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Michelle Obama gets glitzy on the December cover of Glamour magazine, their “Women of the Year” issue.

The First Lady, 45, opened up about mentoring, role models and men:

On dating advice for women: “Cute’s good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it’s, Who are you as a person? Don’t look at the bankbook or the title. Look at the heart. Look at the soul…. When you’re dating a man, you should always feel good…. You shouldn’t be in a relationship with somebody who doesn’t make you completely happy and make you feel whole.”

On keeping her sanity: “I have always tried to put my kids first, and then…put myself a really close second, as opposed to fifth or seventh. One thing that I’ve learned from male role models is that they don’t hesitate to invest in themselves.”

On her personal role models: “My mom, for sure. My dad. The teachers. For me, role-modeling was immediate, it was touchable…Children connect with who is in their lives, present and accounted for…That’s why we’re trying to encourage moms, teachers, fathers, to be that presence in their children’s lives, in their communities, because it really makes a difference.”

For more from Michelle Obama, check out Glamour, on newsstands November 10.

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First Lady Michelle Obama shows off her mega-watt smile as she sits down for Friday’s Ten@Ten interview on The Jay Leno Show.

Obama shared some of her current iPod picks: Stevie Wonder, Robin Thicke and Mary J. Blige and shared the most annoying habit of her husband, President Barack Obama.

“When he beats me at tennis,” she said, “that gets to be pretty annoying and he beats me quite often!”

The one thing the First Lady refused to share was what her daughters are going to be for Halloween. “That’s top secret,” Obama joked, “you need security clearance for that.”

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Check out the Obama family’s official White House portrait!

The portrait featuring President Obama and his family was released Friday (October 23) and was shot by famous photographer Annie Leibovitz on September 1.

Annie has shot photos of the family since 2004, when Barack was running for the Senate, and continued to document his journey on the 2008 campaign trail.

As for where Bo, the family dog, is, a White House spokeswoman laughed and told Reuters, “Bo didn’t make the cut. He was upstairs at home.”

First Lady Michelle Obama takes part in a number of athletic activities, including Hula-Hooping, on the White House’s South Lawn yesterday to promote physical fitness at the Healthy Kids Fair on Wednesday (October 21).

The Washington Post reported that Michelle completed 142 Hula-Hoop hip swivels but had slightly less luck with double dutch jump rope.

The First Lady also told kids about her favorite food: “There’s nothing that the first family loves more than a good burger, right?” Michelle said. “And look, my favorite food in the whole wide world are french fries. I love them. Dearly. Deeply. I have a good relationship with french fries and I would eat them every single day if I could.”

“I tell my girls this: If you’re getting the right foods for most of the time, then when it’s time to have cake and french fries on those special occasions, then you balance it out.”

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The First Family’s work is never done!

President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama walk back to the White House with daughters Sasha and Malia after attending a prayer service at St. Johns Episcopal Church on Sunday (October 11).

Later that week, Michelle attended the Miami Dade College Florida Campus Compact Awards Gala on Thursday (October 11) in Miami, Fla. The First Lady spoke to 500 guests about the importance of volunteering.

“Each of us has a role to play, and all of us have something to offer,” she said. “No matter where you come from or what you do for a living, you can make a difference in someone’s life, and in doing so, you can make a difference in your own life.”

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