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Obamas Dine Out, Do Broadway in NYC

By the Associated Press

Posted May 30, 2009 7:00 PM CDT

(AP) – President Barack Obama made good on a campaign promise to his most important supporter tonight—his wife, Michelle. The president and first lady jetted for a date in New York late this afternoon, aides and media in tow. "I am taking my wife to... Read full story »

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