Photo: #Michelle Obama, wife of US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, brings daughters Malia (L) and Sasha on stage after her speech at the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver on August 25, 2008.
Photo: #Michelle Obama, wife of US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, addreses the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver on August 25, 2008.
Photo: #Michelle Obama, wife of US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, greets the audience at the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver on August 25, 2008.
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Michelle Obama, wife of US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, greets the audience at the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver on August 25, 2008. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Michelle Obama shows her husband's personal side


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Denver — Michelle Obama declared "I love this country" Monday as she sought to reassure the nation that she and her husband Barack share Americans' bedrock values and belief in a dream of a better future.

In the first major address at the Democratic National Convention, Michelle Obama described herself as a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother, no different from many women. She told a boisterous crowd waving signs reading "Michelle" that she and her husband feel an obligation to "fight for the world as it should be" to ensure the promise of a better life for their daughters and all children.

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