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A: A spokeswoman for the first lady says that Michelle Obama currently has a staff of 24. That may indeed be the largest of any first lady, but Hillary Clinton, with 19 staffers, and Laura Bush with at least 18 and perhaps more, werenât far behind. Click here to read more.
First Lady Michelle Obamaâs pitch to voters last night relied on the premise that she and her husband understand what it is to struggle to make ends meet. Both Michelle Robinson and Barack Obama began their adult lives with a leg up on the rest of America. They attended elite schools: Michelle went to Whitney Young, the public magnet school for Chicagoâs upper class, while Barack attended Punahou, the private prep school for the top stratum of Hawaiian society.