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First Lady Michelle Obama gestures while being interviewed in a television studio before the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

First Lady Michelle Obama gestures while being interviewed in a television studio before the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)