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Michelle Barracks For Obama

From the sub-editing department

Updated 5 September 2012 at 9:28 pm

It seems the world can’t get enough of Michelle Obama. The self-described “mum-in-chief’’ made an electrifying speech at the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina overnight, telling Americans that Barack Obama is a “man we can trust” to revive the US’s faltering economy.

Looking stunning in a sleeveless, custom-made Tracy Reese dress, which showed off her famously toned arms, the former lawyer launched a passionate defence of her husband’s presidency, urging voters to re-elect him for a second term because he will “leave a better world”.

“[Barack’s] the same man who started his career by turning down high-paying jobs and instead working in struggling neighborhoods where a steel plant had shut down, fighting to rebuild those communities and get folks back to work ... because for Barack, success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives.”

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