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11 Jul, 2014

Addresses LULAC in NYC

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Obama addresses the League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest Hispanic organization in the United States, at the LULAC Convention in New York City. Jennifer Lopez was in the building at the time introducing Los Jets, a reality show that she is involved in.  The group asked Lopez to stop in for a quick appearance with the First Lady, and she agreed to do so. The two embraced on stage and took time to take a “selfie.”

5 Jul, 2014

Fights anti-obesity softening

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The First Lady is fighting a House Republican effort to soften a central part of her anti-childhood obesity campaign.  She says she’s ready “to fight until the bitter end.”  She mocks the GOP in an opinion column in The New York Times:

Remember a few years ago when Congress declared that the sauce on a slice of pizza should count as a vegetable in school lunches? You don’t have to be a nutritionist to know that this doesn’t make much sense. Yet we’re seeing the same thing happening again with these new efforts to lower nutrition standards in our schools.