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First lady Michelle Obama has arrived in Spain on the final leg of a three-nation tour to promote her global girls' education initiative. Obama, accompanied by daughters Sasha and Malia, flew into Torrejon air base outside Madrid on Wednesday from Morocco. She started the tour in Liberia. She is due to give a speech on her "Let Girls Learn" initiative Thursday to a group of girls and young women in Madrid. Spain's Queen Letizia is also to address the conference and later meet with Obama. President Barack Obama and the first lady launched the initiative last year to address the...

Just think, Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing China for the White House during the Civil War. And, Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary from her husband's salary. Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers Mamie Eisenhower:--- One-- paid for personally out of President's salary. Total number of Personal Staff Members paid by Tax Payers. Jackie Kennedy: -------One Lady Bird Johnson---- One Pat Nixon ------------------One Betty Ford------------------One Rosaline Carter: ------ One Barbara Bush: --------- One Hilary Clinton: -----------Seven Laura Bush: ---------------One Michele Obama: ------- Twenty-two How things have...

Make sure that signing the First Lady's card is on your Mother's Day to-do list: http://t.co/lhyKo6ZTuS pic.twitter.com/j6luEplz0D— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) May 5, 2014

Christmas Day...a time for family and friends to honor the birth of God's only begotten Son. Christmas Day...the day the birth of one small child forever changed the course of humanity. Christmas Day...the day Michelle Obama asks that as you and your family gather around your tree and eat your Christmas meal that you use that time to talk about health care...to visit the exchanges... and decide which plan is right for you and your family. Christmas Day...a day of the year that is for anything but a discussion on ObamaCare. Barack HUSSEIN Obama, since leaving Jeremiah Wright's 'G-D America'...

Dear Michelle, On the day that your husband was elected, you said that you had never been proud of the United States until that day. For the last three and a half years, I have been observing your husband and you, and I feel that it is time I share my thoughts with you. The day your husband was elected was the first time I was ever ashamed of this country, and today I am even more ashamed. I was ashamed then because your husband was not elected because he was the best qualified to do the job, or because...

(CNSNews.com) - First Lady Michelle Obama said yesterday that the government can affect who kids “will be forever” if it can shape their "habits and preferences" during the large part of the day they are at school. Mrs. Obama was speaking on the South Lawn of the White House at a reception to honor schools that met the goals of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC). The USDA Web site describes HUSSC as “a voluntary initiative established in 2004 to recognize those schools participating in the National School Lunch Program that have created healthier school environments through...

<p>WASHINGTON - First lady Michelle Obama is trying to help set a world record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period.</p> <p>An overcast sky and light drizzle didn't stop Mrs. Obama from leading about 400 elementary and middle-school students from Washington, Maryland and Virginia in one minute of continuous jumping jacks on the South Lawn.</p>

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama is teaming up with TV's Tim Gunn to honor some of the nation's top designers — including the creators of popular computer fonts and Swiffer floor-cleaning products — at the White House. The first lady hosts a luncheon Tuesday to honor winners of the 2011 National Design Awards. The awards are presented by the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. Earlier Tuesday, Gunn of "Project Runway" fame will host a teen design fair at the Smithsonian to introduce Washington high school students to careers in design. This year's design award winners include...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House official says Michelle Obama is heading to Africa on an official visit later this month, stopping in South Africa and Botswana where she'll continue her efforts to encourage young people to get involved in their societies. The first lady also will visit Johannesburg and Cape Town in South Africa and Gaborone, Botswana during the June 21-26 trip. The official said Mrs. Obama's visit will highlight the important stake the U.S. has in the success of Africa's many nations, as well as the historic connections between the American people and those who live on the...

There’s something fishy going on over there at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). And we’re trying to get to the bottom of it. On April 14, we filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against DHS to obtain records detailing its investigation of Carlos Martinelly-Montano. This is the illegal alien who is charged with striking and killing a Virginia Benedictine nun in a drunk driving accident on August 1, 2010. Now, as you may recall, Judicial Watch obtained an internal DHS report on the Martinelly-Montano investigation in response to a previous lawsuit. But now we want to get...

In the first few moments of his speech at Northern Virginia Community College on Tuesday, President Obama gave the game away. He said he ventured to the campus, a mere 17 miles from Washington, to "get out of the immediate environs of Washington and hear directly from voters and have a conversation with them." Voters? The election is 19 months away. The government's collision with its debt ceiling is about one month away, maybe less. How is Obama spending the first of the four weeks (if that) he has left before the government -- over which he allegedly presides --...

American first lady Michelle Obama has caught a lot of heat for taking a luxury vacation to Spain while the American economy languishes. Michelle traveled with her daughter Sasha, leaving President Obama to celebrate his 49th birthday shooting hoops with his friends. Malia is away at camp. VIDEO