Obama: I married Michelle to improve my gene pool By Peter Maer Topics First Family First Lady Michelle Obama has played a major and at times humorous role on the final day of her husband's three-day bus tour through North Carolina and Virginia. Joining the president at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Virginia, Mrs. Obama announced a new private sector commitment to hire 25,000 veterans and military spouses by the end of 2013. Improving the lives of the military is one of her causes. Following the First Lady's introduction, the president went off-script as he commented on his wife. Looking...