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August 28th, 2008 at 10:35 am

Video & Photos: Michelle Obama Brian Williams NBC Interview + DNC Delegates Service Day 8-27-08

Michelle Obama at Democratic National Convention 2008 Delegate Service Day, August 27, 2008

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams interviewed Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama on August 27, 2008. View the entire 23 minute interview here.

In the wide-ranging interview, Michelle Obama discussed a gamut of topics, including the speech she delivered before the Democratic National Convention on August 25, the preparations she made for it, and the appearance by Barack Obama via video (which was a surprise to her daughters, Sasha and Malia). She also talked about meeting and connecting with Joe Biden, his wife, Jill Biden and their extended family. She discussed what she envisioned will be her role in service to the country if she becomes First Lady. As Brian Williams pointed out, she would be the youngest First Lady since Jackie Kennedy in 1961.

She also discussed the 2008 Democratic National Convention’s Delegate Service Day which she had participated in that same day, August 27, 2008; she was among the volunteers assembling care packages in Denver’s Curtis Park for U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams - One-on-One with Michelle Obama August 27, 2008

Michelle Obama at Democratic National Convention 2008 Delegate Service Day, August 27, 2008
Top Photo and second photo: Michelle Obama helps kick off the 2008 Democratic National Convention’s Delegate Service Day by assembling care packages for troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan at Curtis Park on August 27, 2008 in Denver, Colorado
Michelle Obama with daughters Shasha and Malia at Democratic National Convention 2008 Delegate Service Day, August 27, 2008

Michelle Obama with daughters Sasha and Malia assembling care packages for U.S. troops at the 2008 Democratic National Convention’s Delegate Service Day, August 27, 2008 in Denver, Colorado

Package and note for U.S. Troops in Iraq prepared by Michelle Obama at Democratic National Convention 2008 Delegate Service Day, August 27, 2008

Package and note for U.S. Troops in Iraq prepared by Michelle Obama at Democratic National Convention 2008 Delegate Service Day, August 27, 2008

Photo credit: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images North America

Video Michelle Obama the 2008 Democratic National Convention’s Delegate Service Day by assembling care packages for troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan at Curtis Park on August 27, 2008 in Denver, Colorado