Michelle Obama jokes about hubby's failures

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Last Updated : May 19 2013 | 3:30 PM IST

Michelle Obama made light of the failures that her husband, Barack, faced in his life.

The First Lady said at the graduation ceremony for Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School that when something doesn't go a person's way, they just have to adjust.

The 49-year-old said that a person has to dig deep and work like crazy.

She asserted that talk show host Oprah Winfrey was demoted from her first job as a news anchor and then talking about Barack, she said that he lost his first race for Congress, ABC News reported.

She joked that she could talk about his failures all afternoon.

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First Published: May 19 2013 | 3:06 PM IST

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