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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFirst Lady Gets Resume From Girl With Jobless Dad
Last edited Thu Apr 24, 2014, 10:17 PM - Edit history (1)
WASHINGTON (AP) Michelle Obama's annual question-and-answer session with the children of Executive Office employees took a serious turn Thursday when a 10-year-old girl in the front row told the first lady that her dad had been out of work for three years. Then the girl popped up to hand the first lady his resume.
The first lady seemed a little taken aback but then explained to the other children, who might not have heard the girl's comment, that the matter was "a little private, but she's doing something for her dad." Mrs. Obama promised to deal with the matter later.
When the event ended, Mrs. Obama gave the girl, Charlotte Bell, a hug and then reached back to grab the resume off a table as she left the East Room. The first lady played host to the children at the White House on Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
Charlotte's family had joked over the weekend about making a job pitch to the first lady, but her parents didn't know she would give it a try, according to her mother, an executive branch employee who did not want to be identified.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/first-lady-gets-resume-girl-jobless-dad
First Lady Michelle Obama meets with children of Executive Office employees at the White House's annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day and takes questions from the audience. April 24, 2014.
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First Lady Gets Resume From Girl With Jobless Dad (Original Post)
bigtree
Apr 2014
OP
Can you imagine what this family would like to do if they had a sizeable majority in Congress?
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2014
#2
They need to passing them out at the other end of Constitution Ave.
politicaljunkie41910
Apr 2014
#4
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)1. Wow, what a great kid. n/t
steve2470
(37,457 posts)6. yes what a wonderful daughter to have nt
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)7. Absolutely...a dear one. n/t
Tarheel_Dem
(31,211 posts)2. Can you imagine what this family would like to do if they had a sizeable majority in Congress?
The fact that we fight amongst ourselves over Libertarian bullshit, instead of the stuff that actually effects our daily lives & pocketbooks is just insanity.
lamp_shade
(14,796 posts)3. Our Hugger-In-Chief. I love her.
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)4. They need to passing them out at the other end of Constitution Ave.
Down where the RW Congressmen and Women work. They have done nothing since this President has been in office to help working people and the unemployed. Why RW'ers would send these people back to Washington in November is beyond me.
bigtree
(85,919 posts)5. I know, right?
alas, . . . it has ever been thus.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)8. Damned allergies
Making my eyes water like that. Excuse me.
Cha
(295,929 posts)9. "When the event ended, Mrs. Obama gave the girl, Charlotte Bell, a hug and then reached back to grab
the resume off a table as she left the East Room."
Good Luck to Charlotte Bell's father and all those who need JOBS!
Mahalo bigtree~
Good Luck to Charlotte Bell's father and all those who need JOBS!
Mahalo bigtree~
bigtree
(85,919 posts)10. update: vid