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In March 2009 she praised President Barack Obama for reversing the ban on federally funded embryonic stem cell research.

She traveled to Washington, D. C. in June 2009 to unveil a statue of her late husband in the Capitol Rotunda.

She was also on hand as President Obama signed the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act and lunched privately with Michelle Obama.

Nancy revealed in an interview with Vanity Fair that Michelle Obama had telephoned her for advice on living and entertaining in the White House.

Following the August 2009 death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, she said she was " terribly saddened ...

Given our political differences, people are sometimes surprised how close Ronnie and I have been to the Kennedy family.

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I will miss him.