Michelle Obama Slowly Defining Her Role: CBS News
Friday, February 20, 2009 at 8:44AM
First lady Michelle Obama presents the Agriculture Department with a seedling of a White House magnolia tree during a visit to the Agriculture Department in Washington, Feb. 19, 2009. (AP)So, the young man asked, how does it feel to be the first lady?
"I think I'm still trying to figure that out," Michelle Obama replied.
The exchange took place the other day when Mrs. Obama sat with a group of teenagers in an after-school program at an Adams Morgan services center for Latino families. Her answer reflects, in a way, the challenge that faces every new occupant of the White House's East Wing: She has to feel her way, in a delicate political navigation, to find her role in the administration. Her aides are so cautious that they won't even publicly discuss the concept of Mrs. Obama having her own "policy" or "agenda."
Some observers say Mrs. Obama learned well from an early pitfall suffered by the most recent Democratic first lady, Hillary Clinton, who faced a backlash in her husband's first term when she led an initiative on health-care policy. more
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