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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and British Prime Minister David Cameron pose for a picture with Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt (C) next to US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) during the memorial service of South African former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium (Soccer City) in Johannesburg on December 10, 2013. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5 at age 95. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)

Selfie at heart of Obama fiasco to stay secret

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Selfie: President Obama gets some assistance from Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt holding a smartphone to pose for a picture with British Prime Minister David Cameron. First lady Michelle Obama clearly stayed away from the antics. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Obama’s antics at Nelson Mandela tribute: Jovial conversation, handshake with Raul Castro

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Obama takes ‘selfie’ at Mandela’s funeral service

By Cheryl K. Chumley and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Actor Larry David returns a club to the cart while playing golf with President Obama at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard on Aug. 17, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obamas host Hollywood for Hanukkah: Larry David says, ‘I’m going to party’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The flag above the White House flies at half staff in honor of former South African President Nelson Mandela, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013 in Washington. For most of the world, his name is synonymous with courage and perseverance. Leaders and citizens, athletes and artists remembered Mandela on Friday _ though many struggled to find words big enough to describe the man who changed the face of South Africa and inspired a continent and a world: a colossus, a father figure, a giant baobab tree providing shade for an entire nation. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama, first lady will attend Mandela memorial services

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

TYRRELL: The liars, chapter and verse

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Michelle Obama’s idea of Thanksgiving table talk: Push the Obamacare

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** First lady Michelle Obama walks on stage after watching the children from the Kuruka Maisha Foundation, an arts school in Nairobi, Kenya, perform in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Michelle Obama sends tweet-out to amnesty activists on fast

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama awards former President Bill Clinton the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama, Clinton hide tension behind smiles at medal ceremony

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama sings before speaking at a campaign event at the Apollo Theater in the Harlem neighborhood of New York on Jan. 19, 2012. (Associated Press)

Michelle Obama on President Obama: ‘He’s in the bathroom all the time just singing’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - This Oct. 22, 2013 file photo shows recording artist Kanye West during the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. West&#8217;s temporarily sidetracked Yeezus tour will kick off again Nov. 16 in Philadelphia. A news release from his publicist on Wednesday, Nov. 6, says West has rescheduled dates in his hometown Chicago, Toronto and Detroit and will have to cancel shows in Vancouver, Denver, Columbus, Ohio, Minneapolis and St. Louis due to logistics. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP)

Kanye West says he’s ‘past’ Obama, feels used by president

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Joined by New York City Police Chief Raymond Kelly, second from left, first lady Michelle Obama speaks to children while promoting her "Let's Move!" exercise initiative at the Police Athletic League Harlem Center in New York, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Obama-tied firm won plum $100K ‘Let’s Move’ logo gig, bid-free

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

TYRRELL: Grooving on crony capitalism

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Rapper Kanye West proposed to Kim Kardashian on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, at AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, with family and friends in attendance. (Invision via Associated Press)

Kanye West jabs Michelle Obama’s social media presence as subpar

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama chat with Oprah Winfrey during a taping of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in Chicago on April 27, 2011. (Associated Press)

Oprah Winfrey gave ‘unequivocal no’ to selling Obamacare: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

SIMMONS: Something is rotten in first lady’s garden now

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

** FILE ** First lady Michelle Obama joins exercises with pupils at Orr Elementary in Washington, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, during a visit for a back to school event highlighting healthy changes happening in schools and across the country. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Michelle Obama set to promote water drinking on NBC ‘Biggest Loser’ show

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to former Army Capt. William D. Swenson of Seattle, Wash., during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. Swenson was being awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in a lengthy battle against the Taliban insurgents in the Ganjgal valley near the Pakistan border on Sept. 8, 2009, which claimed the lives of five Americans, 10 Afghan army troops and an interpreter. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Capt. William D. Swenson awarded Medal of Honor at White House ceremony

Associated Press

First lady Michelle Obama will have to reschedule a planned fundraising swing through the West Coast, the latest casualty in a string of <strong><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/9/first-ladys-fundraisers-shuttered-shutdown/">government shutdown</a></strong> repercussions. The two are shown here dancing at the Governors Ball in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 22, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Michelle Obama cancels swank fundraising soirees amid shutdown

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pretend to march to music in the Blue Room of the White House, July 4, 2010, before delivering remarks to military families during a Fourth of July celebration. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama caught joking on mic: ‘I’m scared of my wife’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times