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	Love In the Time of the Obamas

zizzy

11-7-2009 12:47 PM

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obamas, love, marriage, politics, commitment

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Everything becomes political,” he repeated very slowly. Then he said: “What I value most about my marriage is that it is separate and apart from a lot of the silliness of Washington, and Michelle is not part of that silliness.
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President Obama and the first lady at the Congressional Black Caucus dinner in September.
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