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Barack Obama: I couldn't be prouder of my wife Michelle, because she has—she took up this cause of healthy eating because she's a mom…

On the recordAugust 19, 2012
I couldn't be prouder of my wife Michelle, because she has—she took up this cause of healthy eating because she's a mom, and like the other moms in the room, sometimes, we have to get on the younger people about eating healthy.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the Kids' State Dinner

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