Michelle Obama: First Lady in the making

BACKSTAGE, behind the floodlights, moments before he gave the 2004 Democratic convention keynote address that would launch his career into the national stratosphere, Barack Obama made a confession to his wife, Michelle.

Wed, 09 Jan, 2008 - 00:00

His stomach was a bit queasy.

Michelle responded by hugging her husband tight and looking him straight in the eye, Obama recalls in his book, The Audacity of Hope.

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