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You hear him before you see him. after a hearty hello to the men

and women working on the ground fl oor of the White House, President Barack Obama bounds into the Map Room with a warm smile and an open hand. Soon the president’s eyes fall on a shimmering but empty silver tea set that has been placed on the coffee table by photographer Ben Baker. “Tea? What about chips and salsa?”

With the tea service sent to the sidelines, the president settles down next to his wife, Michelle, whose gift for easy elegance is reinforced by her Tracey Ross top and J. Crew skirt. On this day before Gov. Mitt Romney would announce Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate, the fi rst couple alternately kid and cuddle for pictures. But befi tting a room where decisions about World War II were once made, they quickly strike a more serious pose during an interview conducted by PARADE editor in chief Maggie Murphy and contributor Lynn Sherr. As they address questions from our readers about the economy, the political stalemate in D.C., and their family life, the couple hold hands, nod in support of each other’s answers, and make a case for their fi rst four years in offi ce and what they hope to accomplish next.

With the Democratic convention this week, President and Mrs. Obama take

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PARADE: Mr. President, let’s begin with a

question from PARADE reader Joanne D. of

Riverside, N.J. She writes: “My husband and

I are both laid off without insurance. We sup-

port you 100 percent. What can you say to

keep us going? I’m getting a little desperate.”

PRESIDENT OBAMA: We’ve gone through the worst fi nancial crisis since the Great Depression, and even though the steps we took averted another depression, it’s important for us to stay focused on how we grow the economy over the long term. We have a great opportunity to rebuild our roads, our schools, and that could boost the economy generally. What I want to do is make sure we don’t raise taxes on people making $250,000 a year or less [but] reduce our defi cit by asking people like us, Michelle and me—who can afford it—to [do] a little bit more. Health care is one of my proudest achieve-ments, and hopefully, for families who are looking for more work, once we get health care fully implemented, they won’t have to fear that they’re going to lose their home if they get sick.Some Democrats and crossover Republicans

say they’re disappointed in your first term

and won’t vote for you again. How do you get

them back?

PO: Every step we take is designed to strengthen the middle class. For folks who’ve been laid off, one of our big focuses is giving them the opportunity to retrain for jobs that exist right now, which is why we’ve really pushed to make fi nancing for college more accessible for young people but also mid-career folks. All these pieces are helping to strengthen the economy.You said recently that the mistake of your fi rst

few years was thinking the job was just about

getting the policy right—that, in fact, you have

to tell a story. At the end of the Democratic

convention, if you can do it in one sentence,

what’s the story people should understand?

PO: As hard as the last decade’s been for a lot of middle-class families, we’ve got all the tools we need to succeed. We’ve got the best work-ers in the world, the best entrepreneurs in the world, the best colleges and universities in the world, we’ve got incredible diversity, and we’re a young nation. What’s preventing us from taking advantage of it is our politics. What we need right now is an end to the uncompromising

views that have so dominated Washington.So how are you going to talk to Republicans

differently if you are reelected?

PO: Republican voters, if you ask them about my particular policy positions, often agree with me. So there’s a difference between Republicans in Washington and Republican and Republican-leaning voters around the country. I think that after this election, we’ll be in a position to once again reach out to Republicans and say that the American people have rendered a judgment, and the positions we’re taking are well within what used to be considered bipartisan centrist approaches.

Mrs. Obama, I want to turn to you and your

accomplishments as fi rst lady—supporting

military families and your health initiatives

aimed at America’s children. Many PARADE

readers asked, what do you hope to accom-

plish in your second term?

MICHELLE OBAMA: With Let’s Move!, our goal is to end the problem of childhood obesity in a generation. And while we’ve seen some very profound cultural shifts, we still have commu-nities that don’t have access to affordable and healthy foods; we still need to fi nd a way to impact the nature of food in grocery stores, in terms of sugar, fat, and salt; we need to keep educating families about how to structure a life that is healthy in a society where TV is rampant and communities don’t have enough resources in terms of sports and activities. When it comes to military families, we’ve only begun to scratch the surface. Many of these young people will have only known a life in the armed forces, so they’re going to need communities to be ready to embrace them and the challenges they’re going to enter society with, whether it’s post-traumatic stress disorder, or depression, or how to transition to another career. Are there any new issues you’re going to

take up?

MO: Women’s health issues. How do we strengthen families and make them healthier—an issue not just in America but around the world.This year, there is once again a conversation

about the “superwoman.” Can women have it

all? Is that even the right question?

MO: I think that question limits us as women. I work with a lot of young women—we have interns coming in and out, and this is always one of the first questions they ask—and the thing I try to remind them is that we have fought so hard for choice and options with our lives, and we’re just getting to that point where we’re willing to embrace all the different facets of woman hood. I know that when I came out of college, what I wanted and what I thought I wanted were very different things. Then I get married and have a career and, lo and behold, now I’ve got kids. And how you feel about motherhood when your children are small and when they’re teenagers, that’s going to change.

Are you saying there’ll be a difference in how

you approach Republicans, or their attitude

will be different if you get reelected?

PO: My approach has been pretty consistent from the start; I’ve often proposed ways to solve our problems that used to be embraced by Republicans. There’s no better example than the health care bill, which was designed originally by the now Republican standard-bearer and is working pretty well in Massachu-setts. The Recovery Act that helped us avoid a depression, a third of it was tax cuts. My hope is that the Republican Party, post election, steps back and says, “Now that we’re not so worried about beating the president, maybe we should spend a little time focusing on solving the problems.”

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With daughters Sasha, 11 (front), and Malia, 14, in Chicago on June 15, 2012.


I want to keep young women from thinking that there is one right answer. That answer is going to change every year, every fi ve years.The two young women in your life went to camp

this summer. How did you fi nd the empty nest?

M O: What he said this morning is that life is less sparkly and twinkly with them not around. PO: It’s true. Our girls are quite expressive, and there’s nothing I enjoy more than just sitting around the dinner table with them and listening to all their ideas. I’ve got this incredible luxury, ’cause I live above the store. So every night at 6:30, I can come up and have dinner with them and get their perspective on what’s happening at school and in their social lives but also on—MO: On the world.How often do you go back to work afterwards?

PO: Well, I always work afterwards. The ques-tion is, do I use my upstairs offi ce or do I have to come back down to work?Let’s get back to the campaign for just a

minute. We spoke with Governor Romney

and he talked about the way in which you, Mr.

President, are making our country “far more

like Europe, with a larger, more dominant,

more intrusive government. …” How do you

react to being characterized as somebody

with foreign ideas?

PO: When you look at the policies I’ve promoted, they used to be considered bipartisan, main-stream ideas. What’s changed is not me. What’s changed is where the Republican Party’s gone. In fact, a lot of the things I’ve done are things that Mr. Romney, when he was governor of Massachusetts, seemed to promote. … What’s absolutely true is that we’ve had to take some emergency steps, like saving the auto industry, that weren’t free, that weren’t popular, but were the right thing to do.If you were female, we would ask, “How has

being female affected your ability to govern?”

So, how has being black affected your ability

to govern?

PO: I’m sure it makes me more determined in assuring that everybody’s getting a fair shot—in the same way that being a father of two daughters makes me want to make sure that every woman is getting equal pay

for equal work, ’cause I don’t want my daugh-ters treated differently than somebody else’s sons. By virtue of being African-American, I’m attuned to how throughout this country’s history there have been times when folks have been locked out of opportunity, and because of the hard work of people of all races, slowly those doors opened to more and more people. Equal opportunity doesn’t just happen on its own; it happens because we’re vigilant about it. But part of this is not just because we’re African-American—it’s also because Michelle and I were born into pretty modest means. And so I think about my single mom and what it was like to go to school and work at the same time. And I think about Michelle’s dad, who had a disability and was working every day and didn’t have a lot of money to spare. But somehow our parents or grand-parents were able to give us these opportuni-ties partly because they lived in a society that said that was important. And as president, I want to affi rm that that’s important and reject the idea that if we just reward those at the top,

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If You Bought a TV, Monitor or Notebook Computer

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File a Claim Now to Get Money from Settlements Totaling Almost $1.1 Billion.

This is the second notice in this case. Settlements have now been reached

with AU Optronics, LG Display and Toshiba (“New Settlements”). The

Court previously approved Settlements with seven other Defendants.

Members of the Statewide Damages Classes can file a claim now to get

a payment from all Settlements (see below).

What are the lawsuits about?

The lawsuits claim that the Defendants conspired to fix, raise, maintain

or stabilize prices of thin film transistor liquid crystal display (“TFT-

LCD” or “LCD”) Flat Panels, resulting in overcharges to consumers who

bought TVs, monitors or notebook computers containing Flat Panels.

The Defendants deny Plaintiffs’ allegations or that consumers paid any

overcharge. The Court has not decided who is right.

Who is included in the lawsuits?

This case has recovered money for consumers in 24 states and the District

of Columbia and governmental entities in eight states, and nationwide

injunctive relief to stop the Defendants’ alleged behavior.

Statewide Damages Classes: Generally, include any person or business

that indirectly purchased a TFT-LCD Flat Panel, which had been

incorporated in a TV, monitor or notebook computer, from any of the

Defendants or Quanta Display Inc., from January 1, 1999 to December

31, 2006, for their own use and not for resale, while residing in the 24

states or the District of Columbia. “Indirectly” means that you purchased

the product containing the LCD Flat Panel from someone other than the

manufacturer of the LCD Flat Panel.

The purchase must have been made in the same state where the person or

business resided. Businesses in Rhode Island and Missouri and indirect

purchasers who also had direct purchases (previously not included) may

now participate in all 10 Settlements.

The 24 states are: AZ, AR, CA, FL, HI, IA, KS, ME, MA, MI, MN, MS,

MO, NV, NM, NY, NC, ND, RI, SD, TN, VT, WV and WI. See specific

class definitions at www.LCDclass.com.

Nationwide Class: Includes any person or business that indirectly

purchased in the United States, a TFT-LCD Flat Panel, which had been

incorporated in a TV, monitor or notebook computer, from any of the

Defendants or Quanta Display Inc., between January 1, 1999 and February

13, 2012, for their own use and not for resale, and resided in the United

States on February 13, 2012.

Attorneys General Actions: The Attorneys General of AR, CA, FL, MI,

MO, NY, WV and WI are participating in these Settlements to resolve

related claims arising from the same allegations as asserted in the class

actions: (1) on behalf of state residents under state law and the doctrine

of parens patriae, which allows a state to bring a lawsuit on behalf of its

citizens, and/or for governmental entities; and (2) for civil penalties.

For More Information: 1-855-225-1886 www.LCDclass.comText: “LCDclass” to 96000 (Text messaging rates may apply)

Legal Notice

What do the Settlements provide?

Three New Settlements totaling $543,500,000 are being presented to the

Court for approval. In addition, AU Optronics and LG Display are making

payments to resolve claims for civil penalties brought by the Attorneys

General. To the extent AU Optronics, LG Display and Toshiba continue to

manufacture LCD Flat Panels, they have agreed not to engage in conduct

that is at issue in these lawsuits and/or will establish (or maintain) a

program to educate their employees about complying with the law. The

combined Settlement Fund (totaling $1,082,055,647) will be used to pay

individual and business consumers in the 24 states and DC. A portion

of the Settlement Fund will be distributed to governmental entities in the

eight states with Attorneys General Actions.

Payments will be based on the number of valid claims filed as well as on the

number/type of LCD Flat Panel products you purchased. It is expected that

a minimum payment of $25 will be made to all Class Members who submit

a valid claim. It is possible that any money remaining after claims are paid

will be distributed to charities, governmental entities or other beneficiaries

approved by the Court. More details are provided in the Settlement

Agreements and other documents available at www.LCDclass.com, or by

calling the toll-free number below.

The cost to administer the Settlements, attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses,

and awards to the Class Representatives will come out of the Settlement

Fund. Plaintiffs’ counsel will request attorneys’ fees not to exceed one-

third of the Settlement Fund, plus reimbursement of costs and expenses.

How can I get a payment?

You must submit a Claim Form to get a payment. You can submit a claim

online or by mail. The deadline to submit a claim is December 6, 2012.

Claim Forms are available at the website or by calling 1-855-225-1886.

What are my rights?

The Court will hold a hearing on November 29, 2012 to consider whether

to approve the New Settlements. If you stay in the Classes, you may object

to the New Settlements, plan of distribution, attorneys’ fees and costs, and

awards to Class Representatives by October 9, 2012. You or your own

lawyer may appear and speak at the hearing at your own expense.

With the exception noted below, the first notice gave you an opportunity to

exclude yourself. If you did not exclude yourself, you have given up your

right to sue the Defendants on your own for the claims in this case. Only

individuals and businesses that indirectly purchased an LCD Flat Panel:

(1) while residing in Arkansas; (2) while residing in Missouri or Rhode

Island that was not primarily for household or personal use; or (3) that

had a direct purchase in addition to an indirect purchase, have until

October 9, 2012 to exclude themselves from the litigation involving AU

Optronics, LG Display and Toshiba. If you reside outside of the 24 states

and the District of Columbia you keep any right you may have to sue the

Defendants for monetary relief.


that somehow that’s going to work for everybody—’cause that hasn’t been how America got built.One last reader question. Robyne

H. of Maryland writes, “From all

appearances you have a wonderful

marriage. Can you share one occasion

when you were absolutely furious,

Mrs. Obama, with your husband? And

Mr. President, how did you make it

up to her?”

PO: The problem is that she’s got so many examples, that may take …Oh, pick one!

MO: This last three and a half years, it’s been hard to be really furious at him, because he’s working so hard and doing it at great personal sacrifi ce, but he’s still managing to be the father and husband he was before. So I have a harder time taking [issue with] his little foibles, whether it’s leaving his shoes out or not.Are they still there?

MO: You know, we have people [here] who pick them up. [Other-wise] they’d still be there.PO: My pants would still be hanging on the top of the door.MO: But little things, like, I’m waiting for him today for 30 minutes, ’cause I’m always waiting for him. He comes down and he’s, “All right, let’s go!” And it’s like, “Oh, so now you’re in a rush?” PO: She’s more punctual than I am. I’m going to help her out—MO: What, you remember something I was really furious about?PO: Well, I think the hardest time in our marriage was when our kids were really young. And that’s probably not unusual when you’ve got a working—MO: —two working—PO: —two working parents. Because no matter how enlightened men like to think they are when it comes to child rearing and balancing work, I think it falls a little harder on women.MO: And the emotions are different. My emotions about my role as a mother are a lot more—not to say that he doesn’t want to be the best father, but he’s much more laid back about it and I’m much harder on myself, like many mothers.PO: My general view was, if the girls went out and their hair didn’t look great, I was [chuckles], “Well, we’re busy right now.”MO: Or they didn’t do anything all summer …PO: Send them outside, let them run around.MO: Or did they get tutoring? And he’s like, “They’re smart enough. They’re fi ne.” That’s him. That’s absolutely him.PO: As the girls get older and more independent, that relieved some of your stress.MO: And then you see, actually, they turned out okay.PO: They turned out okay. They’re a little more resilient.MO: And they feel loved, and they love us.

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run for of� ce and � nd previous stories

about the � rst family at Parade.com/obama

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Bring 2 quarts water to a boil. Add 6 tea bags and turn off heat; let steep 20 minutes. Remove bags. Add 1 (12-oz) can thawed frozen lemonade concentrate, sugar to taste, and 10 ice cubes. Chill. Garnish with lemon wedges or mint sprigs.

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Limeade

Steep 4 green tea bags in 2 cups boiling water for 10 minutes. Remove bags; let tea cool slightly. Prepare 2 (12-oz) cans frozen lime-ade concentrate. Stir tea into lime-ade and chill. Garnish with lime wedges.

3Raspberry

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Puree 2 cups fresh raspberries in a food proces-sor. Press through a sieve; discard seeds. Prepare 2 (12-oz) cans frozen lemonade concentrate. Stir puree into lemonade. Chill. Garnish with fresh raspberries.

Stuffed Tomatoes Core ripe tomatoes, cut away some of the interior, and

leave for 15 minutes, cut side down, to drain. Arrange on a platter, cut side up, and set out bowls of fi llings like chicken, egg, rice, or shrimp salads, plus garnishes like croutons and bacon bits.

Avocado Bar Remove pits from halved ripe avocados. Arrange on a platter and drizzle with

a little lemon juice to keep from turning brown. Serve with bowls of sour cream, sautéed black beans, corn salad, chopped tomatoes, or grain salad. Set out chopped fresh cilantro as a garnish.

Radish DippersCut 12 large trimmed radishes into ¼-inch-thick rounds. Sprinkle with

sea salt and let stand for 10 minutes. Blot with a paper towel and top with a teaspoon of your favorite dip. Arrange on a platter and sprinkle with parsley.

Stuffed Cukes Slice unpeeled

seedless cucumbers into 1-inch-wide chunks. Use a melon baller to hollow out, taking care not to cut all the way through. Salt lightly and set aside for 10 minutes. Blot dry with a paper towel, fi ll with white bean dip, and sprinkle with a little paprika.

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