Explaining why the procedure had not been disclosed until now, the first lady's press secretary, Susan Whitson, said, "This medical procedure was a private matter for Mrs. Bush, but when asked by the media today, we answered the question".
Founded in 1913, the club was off-limits to women until Hillary Rodham Clinton, then the first lady and now the secretary of state, attended the dinner with President Bill Clinton in 1994.
Half an hour of Christmas music from the unapologetically lightweight singer who was known, until recently, as the first lady of Murder Inc. (These days the record company is known by its less bloodthirsty abbreviation).
"So I am the first lady until the end of my husband's mandate and his wife until death".
But I had never watched it until I saw the episode featuring the first lady.
This last quality would have been instrumental in any decision not to have his wife assassinated, and he did not marry his long-term partner Fanny Lindsay until after he had heard of the first Lady Grange's death.
Mr. Obama could have waited until the next visit, when he could bring the first lady and the children.
The president has been aided until recently in his fund-raising efforts by the first lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Mr. Gore.
Or, rather, the First Lady of the Philippines until her husband was forced from power in 1986.
That version, which won seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, starred Patti LuPone as Eva Peron, the first lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952.
