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Tag Archives: Michelle Obama
Stimulus Saves First Lady’s Brother?
We figured that people would recognize this latest chain e-mail for the hoax that it is. It makes a ridiculously false claim about Craig Robinson, who is the head coach of Oregon State University’s men’s basketball team and First Lady Michelle Obama’s older brother. But judging from the number of …
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Tagged chain e-mail, Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama, stimulus bill
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Michelle Obama’s Staff
Q: Does First Lady Michelle Obama have an "unprecedented" number of staffers? 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 …
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Michelle’s European Vacation
Q: Did Michelle Obama and her daughters use taxpayer money to take a European vacation? A: The first lady, her mother and her children did stay in Europe for a private vacation after the president completed an overseas trip on official business. However, no taxpayer money was used for the …
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Michelle Obama’s Salary
Q: Did Michelle Obama make $317,000 a year while working part-time at the University of Chicago Medical Center? A: This allegation in a chain e-mail is wrong: Obama’s reported income was $103,633 in 2007, the year she reduced her work schedule to part time.
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Tagged chain e-mail, First Lady, Michelle Obama, University of Chicago Medical Center
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Michelle Obama’s Room Service?
Q: Did Michelle Obama spend $450 on room service? A: No. The claim is a total fabrication, and the sources that publicized it have retracted the story.
