Michelle Obama: December 2008 Archives
CHICAGO--President elect Barack Obama and wife Michelle are thanking a core group of donors--a wealthy network of Chicagoans who raised crucial early money for him--at a reception at the Standard Club in the Loop.
WASHINGTON--President-elect Barack Obama did NOT buy a $33,000 rhodium ring for wife Michelle, Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said Tuesday morning, following reports in British papers that he did.
"No ring was purchased," said LaBolt.
The Daily Mail said the ring was being made by Italian designer Giovanni Bosco, to be ready by the Jan. 20 inauguration.
Lynn Sweet is a columnist and the Washington Bureau Chief for the 
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