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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.
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama. First African American First Lady and wife of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States and the first African American to serve as president. Former vice president of community and external affairs at the University of Chicago Medical Center.