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Sasha Obama stories: 88 news summaries

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First Lady's 10 @ Ten

 Michelle Wants Prez 
 to Lose (to Her, at Tennis) 

But won't spill girls' Halloween costumes to Jay Leno

Oct 24, 09 9:35 AM CDT
(AP) - What's President Barack Obama's most annoying habit? Practicing his speeches for hours in front of the bathroom mirror? Talking too much foreign policy at the dinner table? No—First Lady Michelle Obama said last night it's his tennis game. When they play, the president usually wins. "He beats me... More »

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Michelle Obama • tennis • Jay Leno • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Bo Obama • women's issues • The Jay Leno Show • Bo

 Leibovitz Shoots First Family 

Sasha, Malia throw arms around parents in White House portrait

Oct 23, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - New screen saver, anyone? The White House released a new Obama family portrait taken by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz. The First Family sat in the White House’s Green Room for the picture, at left. More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • photography • Annie Leibovitz • first families • portrait • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • women's issues • Obama family portrait

 School Day Includes 
 Obamas-Teacher Conference 

President makes surprise visit to Malia's, Sasha's classrooms

Oct 19, 09 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Third- and sixth-grade teachers at the private Sidwell Friends School knew Michelle Obama planned to attend today's scheduled parent-teacher conferences, but they weren't warned to expect her companion: President Obama. The first couple's trip to Sasha's Bethesda, Md., school and Malia's Washington classroom was low-key, for a presidential motorcade—... More »

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Michelle Obama • school • Bethesda, MD • first lady • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Sidwell Friends School • Diary of a Wimpy Kid

'late show' sneak peek

 'I Was Black Before the Election' 

Obama and Letterman tackle the tough topics, including potatoes

Sep 21, 09 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's media blitz continues tonight on The Late Show With David Letterman, where he'll remind the host, "I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election." Snippets CBS released after this afternoon's taping reveal lighthearted moments and more serious stretches, as well... More »

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Afghanistan • entertainment • television • Barack Obama • CBS • late night talk show • late night host • David Letterman • health care reform • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Late Show • Ed Sullivan Theater

Michelle Pushes Reform, Recalls Sasha's Illness

First lady turns attention to health care and its impact on women

Sep 18, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama joined her husband's push for health care reform today with a personal pitch aimed at women, reports Politico. She recalled her father's fight with multiple sclerosis as well as an illness daughter Sasha suffered as an infant. "I think about what on earth would we have done... More »

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health care • Michelle Obama • health care reform • first lady • Obama administration • Sasha Obama

 Sasha in Oval Office 
 Evokes John-John 



Photo of youngest Obama visiting Dad echoes Camelot image

Sep 3, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new photo released by the White House shows Sasha Obama sneaking up on her dad from behind an Oval Office couch—recalling an iconic image of John Kennedy Jr. hiding under his dad’s desk in 1963. That picture became part of the Kennedy family’s "‘Camelot’... More »

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politics • White House • John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • Flickr • photograph • Oval Office • Sasha Obama • President Obama • John F. Kennedy Jr.

 To Straighten 
 or Not: Hair 
 Politics Snags 
 Black Women 

Many feel pressure to go straight

Aug 27, 09 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - For black women, it's near impossible to choose a hairstyle without society weighing in. Chemical relaxers help straighten hair, but "you’re pegged as selling out," a black studies professor tells the New York Times. But go natural and "you’re seen as not practicing appropriate grooming... More »

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Michelle Obama • hair • black women • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • hairstyle • women's issues

(Newser) - President Obama wrapped up the recreational side of his travel weekend by visiting the Grand Canyon and peppering park rangers with questions about it, the Arizona Republic reports. With Michelle, their daughters, and other members of the Obama clan, the president marveled at a view he last witnessed at age... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • Sasha Obama • Grand Canyon National Park • Sarah Obama • President Obama • Obama family • Yellowstone National Park

Obamas Ride Wave of Interest in National Parks

Yellowstone-bound first family will add to record number of visitors

Aug 14, 09 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama family will visit Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon this weekend, doing their part to add to this year's already-booming national parks attendance figures, USA Today reports. Yellowstone hit a record high of 900,500 visitors in July—up 11% from last year, and 6% over the 1995... More »

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Michelle Obama • first families • National Park Service • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Grand Canyon National Park • President Obama • attendance • Yellowstone National Park

(Newser) - A doctors' group wants to know why all schoolkids can't have what the Obama girls are having in their swank private school lunches, reports the Washington Post, and the White House wants the group to mind its own Ps and Qs. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine posted posters in... More »

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advertising • Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine • school lunch • first families • Obama administration • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Neal Barnard

(Newser) - President Obama will visit two national parks during a family trip to the Mountain West next week, the Denver Post reports. The first family will travel to to Colorado and Montana in addition to Wyoming, home of Yellowstone, and Arizona, where they'll see the Grand Canyon. More »

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Michelle Obama • Phoenix • Colorado • first families • Veterans of Foreign Wars • Obama administration • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Grand Canyon National Park • President Obama • Yellowstone National Park

Ad Risks Prez Wrath by Targeting Daughters

Ad girl wants same meals Obamas get

Aug 5, 09 1:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new ad campaign's focus on Malia and Sasha Obama is expected to infuriate the White House, Politico reports. The ads, from a group pushing to have more vegetarian meal options in public schools, are running on public transit in Washington and feature a young girl asking: "President Obama’... More »

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advertising • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama

 'What I Did Over Summer 
 Break,' by Sasha, Malia 

From Kremlin to Paris and slave port, first kids get quite an education

Aug 2, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sasha and Malia Obama might not be in school, but their summer vacation has been anything but lazy—the girls have seen the Eiffel Tower, the Kremlin, and Monticello as part of what the first lady calls “Camp Obama." And though there’s been plenty of fun, such... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • family • Kremlin • Paris • vacation • Ghana • Obama administration • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Obama family

(Newser) - Dale Haney has been wrangling White House animals since 1976, but these days his responsibilities are much diminished, insiders tell US News & World Report. “He doesn’t see Bo as much because the girls and Mrs. Obama, the whole family, is taking care of Bo, so Dale has... More »

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Michelle Obama • White House • George W. Bush • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • First Dog • Bo Obama • Dale Haney

(Newser) - The first daughters melted in giggles at the sight of wax doubles of their parents in Washington's Madame Tussauds museum yesterday, the AP reports. Malia and Sasha had their photos taken with the doppelgangers before moving on to see figures of Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Lopez. Museum officials say... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • Madame Tussauds • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • wax museum

SLIDESHOW

 Obama Women 
 Hit Moscow in Style 


Jul 7, 09 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle, Malia, and Sasha Obama didn't let an 11-hour flight stop them from looking stylish as they arrived in Moscow yesterday, the New York Daily News reports. Michelle, who boarded Air Force One in a floral frock by Talbots, arrived in a peach-colored dress by Narcisco Rodriguez, while the girls... More »

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Barack Obama • fashion • Michelle Obama • Narciso Rodriguez • Dmitry Medvedev • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • J. Crew • Svetlana Medvedev

 Obama Picks a  
 Church: Camp David's 

Prez dodges crowds at non-denominational site

Jun 29, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though they were sought by most parishes inside the Beltway, the Obamas have chosen Camp David's nondenominational chapel for their place of worship, Time reports. The decision follows in the footsteps of President Obama's predecessor in opting for a more private churchgoing experience—especially after throngs arrived hours early to... More »

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Christianity • Michelle Obama • religion • church • Camp David • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Evergreen Chapel

 Michelle, Daughters 
 Take in Beyoncé 
 Concert 

First family takes in concert while Prez does publicity

Jun 25, 09 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most of the first family took in a Beyoncé concert last night in Washington, ABC News reports. The first lady took Sasha, Malia, friends from Chicago, and even some staffers along. They may have even caught a glimpse of President Obama, who was wrapping up a health care discussion—Rolling ... More »

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entertainment • Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • celebrity • concert • singer • Beyonce • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • women's issues

 Obama: Absent Dad 
 Taught Me Value 
 of Fatherhood 

President's Father's Day essay urges father to 'step up' and take responsibility

Jun 19, 09 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama came to realize the value of fatherhood through its absence in his own life as a boy, he writes in an essay published in Parade for Father's Day. "The hole a man leaves when he abandons his responsibility to his children is one that no government can... More »

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Barack Obama • fatherhood • Father's Day • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Barack Obama Sr. • President Obama

 Michelle, Daughters 
 Slip Into London 

First family visits parliament, then hits the pub

Jun 9, 09 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama flew back to the US Sunday, but Michelle, Malia, and Sasha began a secret trip to London yesterday, reports the Daily Mail, visiting Big Ben and Parliament before tucking in for fish and chips at a traditional pub near the American embassy. Michelle also made an unofficial visit... More »

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Harry Potter • London • Michelle Obama • United Kingdom • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • Sarah Brown • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Obama family

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