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First lady Michelle Obama asked the audience at a Democratic fundraiser in Boston to remember "when we took office" but corrected herself and said, "Well, when Barack took office and I was there." (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Michelle Obama corrects herself after suggesting that she was elected

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Q-and-A on Michelle Obama’s visit to Rhode Island

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

** FILE ** This May 27, 2014 ,file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama as she speaks to school leaders and experts surrounding school nutrition, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. A House committee has endorsed a GOP plan to allow some schools to opt out of healthier school meal standards. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

School waivers see win, as panel moves in face of Michelle Obama pressure

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - This Sept. 11, 2012 file photo shows a healthy chicken salad school lunch, prepared under federal guidelines, sitting on display at the cafeteria at Draper Middle School in Rotterdam, N.Y. A House committee has endorsed a GOP plan to allow some schools to opt out of healthier school meal standards. The vote comes as First Lady Michelle Obama has launched a campaign in support of the standards, holding a White House meeting this week. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

EDITORIAL: The first lady’s food fight

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama arrives to a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in West Point, N.Y. In a broad defense of his foreign policy, the president declared that the U.S. remains the world's most indispensable nation, even after a &quot;long season of war,&quot; but argued for restraint before embarking on more military adventures. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

BRUCE: Sounding retreat at West Point

By Tammy Bruce

This May 27, 2014 photo released by Starpix shows actors Ellen Barkin, left, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, center, and Julianne Moore, at an afternoon tea hosted by Moore and honoring Jackson for her 2014 Tony Award nomination for best actress in a play for her role in “A Raisin in the Sun,” at Lady Mendl's Tea Salon in New York. (AP Photo/Starpix, Dave Allocca)

LaTanya Richardson Jackson cheered at elegant tea

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 15, 2011 file photo shows President Barack Obama kissing author and poet Maya Angelou after awarding her the 2010 Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama said Wednesday’s passing of poet and author Maya Angelou has dimmed “one of the brightest lights of our time.” Obama said in a statement that he and first lady Michelle Obama will always cherish the time they were privileged to spend with Angelou. He says Angelou had the ability to remind us that we are all God’s children and that we all have something to offer. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama mourns death of poet, author Maya Angelou

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Michelle Obama to help lay keel for new submarine

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, poet Maya Angelou is shown in Washington. Angelou will not attend the 2014 MLB Beacon Awards Luncheon where she will be honored due to issues with her health. Major League Baseball announced Friday, May 23, 2014 because of “health reasons” the 86-year-old won’t make it to the May 30 event in Houston before the annual Civil Rights Game. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert,File)

Maya Angelou dies at 86

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

First lady Michelle Obama speaks to school leaders and experts surrounding school nutrition, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The meeting provided an opportunity for the Michelle Obama to hear directly from them about the work they are doing to improve school nutrition in their local districts. She stressed the importance of students, parents, school officials, community leaders, and health advocates coming together to protect and advance the tremendous progress that has been made in schools across our country. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

First lady responds to school meal critics

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

First Lady Michelle Obama attends a meeting with Communities In Schools board members at the Ferebee-Hope Elementary School in Washington, D.C., May 13, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)

Michelle Obama digs in for GOP ‘assault’ on lunch mandates

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the second annual White House "Kids' State Dinner" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Obama welcomed 54 children to the White House for creating winning recipes as part of a healthy lunch contest. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Cafeteria politics: Michelle Obama starts food fight with lawmakers on school lunches

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this May 19, 2014, photo, President Barack Obama greets players as he makes an unannounced stop to surprise members of the Northwest little league baseball teams at Friendship Park in Washington. Obama seems to have caught a bad case of cabin fever. Since taking office, Obama has periodically grumbled about the claustrophobia that sets in when his every move is surrounded by intense security, rendering it nearly impossible to enjoy the simple pleasures that private citizens take for granted. But in recent days, the president has made more of a point to get out. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Obama seen as uninspiring, even among liberal voter base

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

First lady Michelle Obama meets with issue experts about international girls' education, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The first lady spoke about the importance of education girls and about the kidnapped girls in Nigeria. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House charts ‘sustained level of engagement’ for Michelle Obama

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama shakes hands during a troop rally at Bagram Air Field during an unannounced visit, on Sunday, May 25, 2014, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Amid VA scandal, Obama makes secret visit to troops in Afghanistan

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama throws out the first pitch to St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, not pictured, before the MLB All-Star baseball game in St. Louis, Tuesday, July 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Obama: Michelle got rid of my ‘mom jeans’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

First lady: Malia will be driving this summer

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

FILE - This May 12, 2014 file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama applauding as she and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, hosted their annual Mother’s Day tea to honor military mothers, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Count on singing and dancing, maybe even a few magic tricks, when the curtain goes up Tuesday on the very first White House talent show. Michelle Obama and the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities are the hosts for the show, featuring acts by students from poor-performing schools that participate in the committee's Turnaround Arts program. Several major artists, including actress Sarah Jessica Parker, are slated to perform. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

First lady: Arts education good for good schools

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

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Michelle Obama tells senior high-schoolers to monitor families for racism

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times