Politics | 03/10/2009 8:50 am

Michelle Obama Plans Fort Bragg Trip

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

First Lady Michelle Obama will tour Fort Bragg on Thursday, the White House announced yesterday.

Mrs. Obama will be meeting with military spouses and speaking to community organizations that help support troops and their families. This visit comes after a March 3 trip to Arlington National Cemetery, where she addressed women in the military service to mark Women’s History month.

This isn’t the first time the First Lady has visited the North Carolina military base. In 2007, Obama joined an emotional roundtable of military families. She is quoted saying on President Barack Obama’s official website, "It felt like the first time that many of these women had even been asked how they were doing. The tears and the stories went on and on. So we had another roundtable, and then another one."

Obama has long said that she intended to work with military families, and said during the campaign, "If Barack is elected president, I would be honored to be first lady. I would work daily on the issues closest to my heart: helping working women and families, particularly military families."

The other top priority: Serving as ‘Mom-in-Chief’ to daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven.

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It’s nice to see Michelle taking such a keen interest in military families as she can get first hand info on how things are going with them and how they are coping. She is proving herself to be a very involved First Lady so early into her new role, that is so nice to see and can only help those military families feel they are cared about and appreciated.

By caj p on 03/10/2009 10:24 am

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Totally agree! Way to go Michelle!

By Grande Camper on 03/10/2009 10:48 am

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Having a First Lady who is listening to military families means the ear of the President will also be tuned to the concerns of military families.

By DeBúrca obj on 03/10/2009 10:48 am

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I am glad she is sticking to this. I was a little nervous she wouldnt after she became FLOTUS. Michelle, please take these stories to heart and do what is needed to help our Military Families. Thank You

By C Hardy on 03/10/2009 11:14 am

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There are several nonprofit organizations who address the needs and concerns of our military families. I am sure they will welcome Michelle Obama’s help!

By deber B on 03/10/2009 12:39 pm

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I am so happy Michelle is taking the military families under her wing and supporting them. I am sure her quote is going to cause some controversy. People are going to say she is slamming Laura Bush. For years I have argued, for someone who knew her husband had tunnel vision when it came to Iraq and the thousands of killed and injured service people, it was noticeable that Laura Bush didn’t take on a more proactive role toward helping the families of the military. I can remember reading about many “reading” projects associated with military families, but in terms of seeing that their financial, physical and emotional needs were taken care of, she was noticeably silent. And this is a woman that had her husband’s ear more than any other person on the planet! It is great to see Michelle using her influence with the president to benefit families in need. Especially given the fact their loved ones gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country, far more than most people in society would ever do. Many of us say we would, but I always say if that were true, the armed forces wouldn’t have to beg, plead and cajole people into enrolling.

By Belinda Joy on 03/10/2009 11:33 am

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All First Ladies elect to address issues that are meaningful to them. Laura Bush became passionate about women in the middle east.

Military families have been overlooked for quite awhile so I am happy that Michelle Obama has chosen to focus on an issue that is important to the United States…on American soil.

I hope she is successful in making a difference.

By deber B on 03/10/2009 12:36 pm

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Now that she’s officially proud of her country again, she can start getting those photo ops with the military that she hates so much.

By Steve Douglass on 03/10/2009 12:47 pm

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It will be a good learning experience for her to see the life of a military spouse since her husband never served! Those woman and their husbands are extremely proud to be Americans.

By S.J. Morgan on 03/10/2009 12:55 pm

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Miss S.J., sort of like President Bush never served?

By Republican 4Life on 03/10/2009 9:56 pm

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Are you saying the Nation Guard is not service? Bush was a military trained pilot. Obama has NEVER worn a Uniform except maybe one from his private school.

That is why he did not even know how to salute the soldier standing at the bottom of the steps on his first official flight

By S.J. Morgan on 03/11/2009 9:32 am

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It’s the least she can do since they snubbed the Veteran’s Ball.

By Diamond In The Rough on 03/10/2009 1:38 pm

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Diamond…that still irks me to no end that obama would do such a thing!

By Libra Lady on 03/10/2009 3:00 pm

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Diamond…when I heard that I was so hurt. Of all the balls to skip why that one? The one that honors our Brave Military and he, being the new POTUS snubs them? That sends a big message…I lost respect for him/her when that news broke.

By C Hardy on 03/10/2009 5:41 pm

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When you all say that the Obamas skipped the Veterans Ball, are you talking about the Veterans Ball that was cancelled the day before the Inauguration because the organizer absconded without paying for the venue? http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/19/report-veterans-inaugural-ball-canceled-organizer-disappears/

THAT Veterans Ball?

By Republican 4Life on 03/10/2009 9:54 pm