Michelle Obama begins military advocacy

Michelle Obama begins military advocacy
By Mike Baker - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Mar 13, 2009 11:50:05 EDT

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The nation owes not only gratitude but tangible assistance to the nation’s military and their families, and she’ll make that a focus of her time in the White House, first lady Michelle Obama says.

Underscoring her commitment to the plight of America’s military families, Mrs. Obama used a trip to Fort Bragg as a stage for her first television interviews since the inauguration. One with ABC’s “Good Morning America” aired Friday.

In the interview she said she wanted military families to know they have a friend in the White House.

“It hurts. It hurts,” Mrs. Obama said of hearing about military families on food stamps. “These are people who are willing to send their loved ones off to, perhaps, give their lives — the ultimate sacrifice. But yet, they’re living back at home on food stamps. It’s not right, and it’s not where we should be as a nation.”

ABC released an excerpt of the interview late Thursday.


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