Michelle Obama Will Make International Hostess Debut at Pittsburgh G-20 Summit

Quoted via Politics Daily, Lynn Sweet:

If you think First Lady Michelle Obama gets scrutinized on her overseas trips, just wait till she hosts spouses of international leaders at a summit in Pittsburgh Sept. 24-25, where the global economic crisis will top the agenda.

The "Pittsburgh Summit 2009" is a meeting of the G-20, the Group of Twenty, an organization established in 1999 to bring together major world leaders to deal with global economic issues. The G-20 gathered in London last April.

The East Wing is now planning Mrs. Obama's activities, working with the State Department. "She will host the spousal program," Mrs. Obama's spokeswoman, Semonti Mustaphi, told me. While the first lady has welcomed spouses of world leaders to the White House, and has done the spouse thing herself while President Obama was at overseas meetings, this will be Mrs. Obama's first time playing international hostess on this scale. more