FLOTUS at U.S. Mission is Wicked Smart

Pool Report of Michelle Obama at the UN Tuesday -



FLOTUS visited the United States Mission to the United Nations on Tuesday afternoon to deliver brief remarks and thank long-term government employees. She stood behind a heavy wooden podium emblazoned with the presidential seal, three flags behind her, and spoke for about five minutes to the roughly 150 employees of the U.S. Mission in New York. U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice introduced the first lady.

"It is a great honor to welcome the First Lady of the United States," Rice said. "The folks gathered here are truly the foot soldiers on the front lines of the new administration." She called the group "tireless, talented and tremendously dedicated" and said they are "making the change in our foreign policy real every day."

Rice then went on to praise the first lady. "You insist on reminding people that your extraordinary life is rooted in the ordinary women that surrounded you," Rice said. "We love your style, your warmth, your brilliance."

She called FLOTUS "wicked smart" and said she had a gift of UNICEF children's books, light-up pens and soccer-related stuff to Sasha and Malia.





"Because they don't have enough," Mrs. Obama interrupted in the background.

"I am thrilled to be here," FLOTUS said, wearing a black print dress with three-quarter length sleeves by Tracy Feith. She talked about a Tuesday visit to Sesame Street where she talked about healthy eating and nutrition. "I never thought I'd be on Sesame Street with Elmer and Big Bird and I was thrilled. I'm still thrilled. I'm on a high. I think it's probably the best thing I've done at the White House."

FLOTUS thanked Rice and called her a "trusted advisor and friend to the president . . ."

entire pool report: http://thepage.time.com/pool-report-of-michelle-obama-at-the-un/

(don't say I never post anything positive about this administration)