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US First Lady to Visit Haiti Tuesday

   VOA News 13 April 2010
   First lady Michelle Obama (file)

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   First lady Michelle Obama (file)

   U.S.  first  lady  Michelle  Obama  will visit Haiti Tuesday, stopping
   there as she travels to Mexico on her first official solo trip abroad.
   A  Haitian  government  official  tells VOA's Creole Service that Mrs.
   Obama  will  arrive  in  Port-au-Prince  early Tuesday on a previously
   unannounced  visit.   The  official  says  she will meet with Haitian
   President Rene Preval and then visit a children's hospital.
   The official says the visit is expected to last about five hours.
   Mrs.  Obama  will  then  travel  to  Mexico City for a three-day visit
   designed  to  advance  U.S.  ties  with  Mexico.   She will meet with
   Mexican  first  lady Margarita Zavala de Calderon to discuss education
   and economic advancement.
   The  White  House says she also will use her trip to engage with young
   people  in  Mexico,  meeting  with  both  elementary school pupils and
   university students.
   The first lady is scheduled to return to the U.S. Thursday.

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