Transcript: FIRST LADY ADVOCATES FOR MILITARY WOMEN, FAMILIES IN PREDECESSOR'S MOLD

INDSTRY GROUP 91
Regulatory Intelligence Data
03-03-2009
ARLINGTON, Va., March 3, 2009 - First lady Michelle Obama received a
tip from a retired female Army general today: Keep modeling herself after
her World War II-era predecessor, Eleanor Roosevelt.
Retired Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught, speaking today at the Women in
Military Service for America Memorial here, drew a comparison between Obama
and her first lady forebear.
"From the very beginning, she has made servicewomen and their welfare
a priority on which she is focusing," Vaught said of Obama. "In doing this,
she is following in the footsteps of first lady Eleanor Roosevelt's WWII
fame."
Without Roosevelt's steadfast advocacy, ...

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