Editor's Note:  This is the second half of Anita Doberman's interview with Michelle Obama. You can read the first half of Anita's interview here.

Q. Military moms certainly know what it’s like to juggle family and career under stress, how have you managed to balance career and family?

Like the women I’ve met across the country, I play many different roles. I’m a wife, a working woman, a daughter, a sister, and a best friend. But most importantly, I’m a mom. No matter where I am — at work, on the campaign trail, you name it — my girls are always on my mind.

Finding a balance between all of these roles is something that I’ve dealt with throughout my marriage. Barack and I know that we’re lucky to have access to the resources we need to hold it together during all of this wonderful chaos. And Barack and I know that we’re particularly lucky to have the greatest resource anyone could have — my mother, who lives nearby and stays with the girls when I’m on the road for my husband. But we know that many families across America aren’t that lucky. That’s why as president, Barack will make supporting families a priority.

Q. What specific initiatives would an Obama presidency undertake for the benefit of military families?

Barack understands that when our military goes to war, their families go with them. As president, he will improve how our government supports military families.

Barack’s plan for military families emphasizes predictable deployments, so units have time to retrain and re-equip — and families have time to reconnect.

Predictable deployments create healthier families, healthier troops, and a healthier military. And Barack will expand the Family and Medial Leave Act so it covers reserve families, so when a reservist is called up, the spouse can take time off work to get their family’s affairs in order.

He’ll also expand the Vet Centers that provide critical services like counseling, mental health care, and employment assistant. And he’ll create a 21st century VA that offers world-class care — and rejects the idea that we should only treat combat injuries, while passing on those sustained in training or on the dock of an aircraft carrier, for example.

And when our loved ones return home, Barack’s plan will offer them the same opportunity that his grandfather had under the GI Bill — the guarantee of a real chance to afford a college education. Barack was a strong supporter of Senator Jim Webb’s 21st Century GI Bill, which not only covers tuition for servicemembers, but also allows them to transfer their education benefits to their spouses or children.

Q. What would you say to convince military moms to vote Obama?

One of the things I’ve been doing, which I’ve found so important during the course of this campaign, is having conversations with military spouses, primarily women — sharing our stories and our concerns. And what I’ve been hearing again and again is, while their loved ones are deployed, these women are fighting their own battles at home. They’re doing their best to hold it together. And they feel like they’re doing it all alone. But the truth is, we’re all in this together. Barack believes that deeply. He also understands that our sacred trust with our military families does not end when they leave combat. We owe it to our servicemembers to give them the support they need when they come home. Our military families shouldn’t have to carry the burdens of war alone. As president, he will invest in services that support them.

Q. What would you say to those critics who say opposition to the war is opposition to the military?

I absolutely disagree. Barack Obama is not against all wars. He is against wars that are misconceived and do not take into account the sacrifices the military makes during times of war. The Iraq war never should have been authorized and never should have been waged. We've been through six years of war that stretched and strained our military and their families, and we will have spent trillions of dollars in the process.

But opposing the war in no way means opposing the brave men and women who are fighting the war. We can support them strongly, and need to as we refocus on the central front in the war on terror, which is and has always been Afghanistan. We can move forward with a new plan that will make our country and the world a safer place.

Q. The military lifestyle is really designed around a previous era, in which women usually stayed home with the kids, but economic necessity and social mores have changed. How can the military do a better job of helping modern families?

Something that I think those outside of the military sometimes don’t realize is that many military families are struggling with the same economic downturn that everybody else is struggling with — but they also have a whole set of additional challenges.

We all need to find ways to do more to support these families. It starts with developing jobs, making housing affordable and making child care more accessible to families on a tight budget.

Q. You’ve lost your ability to be anonymous rather quickly, what are the pros and cons of being a sudden celebrity?