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First lady Michelle Obama presents the Agriculture Department with a seedling of a White House magnolia tree during a visit to the Agriculture Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Great Fashion Mi... This June 6, 2009 file photo shows French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, right, and U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, reacting during an arrival ceremony at the Prefecture of Caen, northwestern France. (AP Photo/Bob Edme,File)
A Royal Arrival This June 6, 2009 file photo shows US first lady Michelle Obama, center, during an arrival ceremony with French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, at the Prefecture, in Caen, France. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Meeting the Quee... US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, pose with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London, Wednesday April 1, 2009.(AP Photo/John Stillwell, pool)
With the Queen From left, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, and Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh arrive for a state banquet at Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Sarkozy and his wife are in Britain on a two day visit. (AP Photo/Carl De Souza, pool)
Beautiful Fitted... This Friday April 3, 2009 photo provided by the Elysee Palace shows U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, left, speaking with France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy before a luncheon at Rohan Palace as their husbands held bilateral talks in Strasbourg, eastern France, . (AP Photo/Pascal Segrette/Elysee Palace, File)
Strong and Sleev... Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a working women's round table discussion at the Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac, Mich., Wednesday, July 09, 2008. (AP Photo/Gary Malerba)
Sleeveless Beaut... Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrive at a Gala where he was honored by The Elie Wiesel Foundation in New York Monday, Sept. 22, 2008 (AP Photo/David Karp)
Perfect Polka do... Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, talks to well-wishers after stepping off a plane at Centennial Airport in the southeast Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo., Wednesday, July 16, 2008. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Pretty Polka dot... French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, foreground, casts her vote for the European elections after her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, rear, right, Sunday, June 7, 2009 in Paris. About 375 million voters across the 27-nation European Union are voting Thursday through Sunday, appointing candidates to 736 seats on the assembly in the second-largest election in the world after India's. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, pool)
LBD German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, gestures as she stands with from left to right, the husband of Angela Merkel, Joachim Sauer, US First Lady Michelle Obama, US President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, French First Lade Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer during arrivals at the Kurhaus in Baden-Baden, Germany on Friday April 3, 2009. Leaders will attend a piano concert and a dinner prior to a NATO summit meeting on Saturday. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Cardigan Set Pai... Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a round table discussion with working women focusing on the economy, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, in Fishers, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Classy Cardigan ... France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy walk in the Modern Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy are in Brazil for a two-day official visit. (AP Photo/Andre Mourao)
Pinstripe Blazer First lady Michelle Obama presents the Agriculture Department with a seedling of a White House magnolia tree during a visit to the Agriculture Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Basic Black Blaz... French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leaves after she delivered a speech during a press conference on World Aids Day, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 in Paris. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is to be named later Monday a special ambassador for the the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an international fund-raising organization. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, pool)
Pleasantly Purpl... First Lady Michelle Obama, right, is joined by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. during the ribbon cutting ceremony officially reopening the Charles Engelhard Court of the newly renovated American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Monday, May 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Precisely Plum Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's wife Suzanne, left, chats with French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, as they attend the Bastille Day parade in Paris Monday July 14, 2008. Leaders from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa and the head of the United Nations gather in Paris for France's Bastille Day military parade, one day after their Mediterranean Summit in the city. (AP Photo / Remy de la Mauviniere)
Michelle Obama First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during American Ballet Theatre's Spring Gala at the Metropolitan Opera House Monday, May 18, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Carla Bruni-Sark... French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrive at the Hotel Marigny on Monday July 14, 2008 in Paris, before attending the traditional garden party as part the celebration of the Bastille Day. (AP Photo/Stephane De Sakutin, Pool)
Baby Blues In this Jan. 30, 2009 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama stops to shakes hands with a crowd that gather outside Georgia Brown's Restaurant, near the White House in Washington. Michelle Obama said it: Washington is her home now and she wants to get to know it. She is making the rounds, meeting federal workers at Cabinet departments, reading to children, chatting with teens, touring a neighborhood health center, and enjoying family night at the Kennedy Center. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Bold Colored Coa... France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, accompanied by his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, walk to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's official residence at 10 Downing Street in central London, Thursday March 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
It's a Tie! This April 3, 2009 file photo shows U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, left, stands with Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, at Palais Rohan in Strasbourg, France. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
Stylish Coats US first lady Michelle Obama, left, and France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy wave to onlookers, after they visited Strasbourg Cathedral during the programme for the spouses of NATO leaders, in Strasbourg, France, Saturday, April 4, 2009. The leaders were attending a summit marking the 60th anniversary of NATO. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Waiting for the ... French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy looks out from a window of the prefecture in Caen, northwestern France, prior to an arrival ceremony for U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, Saturday, June 6, 2009. Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy will attend ceremonies Saturday marking the 65th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)
French Welcome French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, centre right, welcomes U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, during an arrival ceremony at the Prefecture of Caen, northwestern France, Saturday, June 6, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will attend ceremonies Saturday marking the 65th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy. (AP Photo/Thierry Chesnot, Pool)