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 During an interview in 1996 , Michelle Obama acknowledged that there was a " strong possibility " her husband would begin a political career , but said she was " wary " of the process due to it meaning that their lives would become " an open book " while she was private . 

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 In May 2007 , three months after her husband declared his presidential candidacy , Obama reduced her professional responsibilities by 80 percent to support his presidential campaign . Early in the campaign , she had limited involvement in which she traveled to political events only two days a week and rarely traveled overnight ; by early February 2008 her participation had increased significantly , attending thirty @-@ three events in eight days . She made several campaign appearances with Oprah Winfrey . She wrote her own stump speeches for her husband 's presidential campaign and generally spoke without notes . 

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 Viewership also suffered in part due to heavy competition in its time @-@ slot from several major television events , such as a live Oprah Winfrey 90 @-@ minute interview with pop singer Michael Jackson on February 10 , the 35th Grammy Awards ceremony on February 24 , and the Sixth Annual American Comedy Awards on March 3 . As the ratings declined , NBC announced to fans that a decision about whether Homicide would be renewed or canceled would depend on how the last four episodes of the season fared in the ratings . During the first week of March , the network started airing a television commercial with Barry Levinson making a direct appeal to viewers to watch the show , in which he said : 

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 The Clintons accrued several million dollars in legal bills during his presidency ; they were paid off four years after he left office . Both Bill and Hillary Clinton have received millions of dollars in book authorship fees . In February 2016 , CNN reported that documents show the Clintons combined to receive more than $ 153 million in paid speeches from 2001 until spring 2015 . In May 2015 , The Hill reported that Bill and Hillary Clinton have made more than $ 25 million in speaking fees since the start of 2014 , and that Hillary Clinton also made $ 5 million or more from her book , Hard Choices , during the same time period . In July 2014 , The Wall Street Journal reported that at the end of 2012 , the Clintons were worth between $ 5 million and $ 25 @.@ 5 million , and that in 2012 ( the last year they were required to disclose the information ) the Clintons made between $ 16 and $ 17 million , mostly from speaking fees earned by the former president . Clinton earned more than $ 104 million from paid speeches between 2001 and 2012 . In June 2014 , ABC News and The Washington Post reported that Bill Clinton has made more than $ 100 million giving paid speeches since leaving public office , and in 2008 , the New York Times reported that the Clintons ' income tax returns show they have made $ 109 million in the 8 years from January 1 , 2000 to December 31 , 2007 , including almost $ 92 million from his speaking and book @-@ writing . 

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 Michelle met Barack Obama when they were among the few African Americans at their law firm , Sidley Austin ( she has sometimes said only two , although others have pointed out there were others in different departments ) , and she was assigned to mentor him while he was a summer associate . Their relationship started with a business lunch and then a community organization meeting where he first impressed her . Before meeting Obama , Michelle had previously told her mother that she would focus solely on her career . The couple 's first date was to the Spike Lee movie Do the Right Thing . Barack Obama opined that he and Michelle had an " opposites attract " scenario in their interest for each other initially since Michelle had stability through her two @-@ parent home while he was " adventurous " . They married in October 1992 , and have two daughters , Malia Ann ( born 1998 ) and Natasha ( known as Sasha , born 2001 ) . After his election to the U.S. Senate , the Obama family continued to live on Chicago 's South Side , choosing to remain there rather than moving to Washington , D.C. Throughout her husband 's 2008 campaign for US President , she made a " commitment to be away overnight only once a week – to campaign only two days a week and be home by the end of the second day " for their two daughters . 
