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| Michelle Obama sparred with WHouse |
| Michelle Obama sparred with WHouse advisers: book
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 7-January-2012
5:45:46 AM |
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Popular US first lady Michelle Obama has had testy relationships with some top White House advisers, and at times pushed the president to pursue politically difficult causes like healthcare and immigration reform, according to a new book.
'The Obamas' by New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor, paints Mrs. Obama as an expert motivator and charmer and an increasingly canny political player ahead of the 2012 presidential election, expected to be a tough fight for her husband, President Barack Obama.
Mrs. Obama fought against political tactics espoused by Rahm Emanuel, her husband's former chief of staff, and Robert Gibbs, the former White House press secretary, the book said, pushing her husband to replace advisers who she felt were too insular, not strategic enough, according to excerpts from the book on the newspaper's website.
'She feels as if our rudder isn't set right,' the book quotes Barack Obama as telling aides
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