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Eight Forty-Eight 2/5/2009
Michelle Obama's Chicago Roots




 
 
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Journalist Carol Felsenthal profiles our new first lady in the most recent issue of Chicago Magazine. We sat down with her to get a sense of the woman who stands not behind, but right beside, her presidential husband.

Music Button: Ben Harper, "Michelle", from the CD This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul, (Razor and Tie records)

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