What was said to Michelle Obama about Camp David?
Michelle Obama isn’t going to suffer this summer just because she’s now the First Lady. The President’s wife says she’s refusing to make the same mistake that former First Ladies made by not using Camp David as a beat-the-heat retreat. “The most unexpected and uniform advice that I got [from my predecessors] was, go to Camp David early and often … universally,across the spectrum,” our First Lady says in an exclusive interview with Time magazine, out Friday. “It’s the one place you can go where you feel some level of freedom and an ability to breathe. I think every single First Lady felt that was an important resource, an important opportunity, an important thing for the health of the family. And some found it later in their terms than others, because you get so busy.” In addition, the First Lady proposes to follow in the footsteps of the Kennedys and the Clintons when she takes her brood to the idyllic shores of Martha’s Vineyard in August. Although it hasn’t been confirmed, the Obam
The Obama family took its first ride together aboard Marine One on Saturday afternoon as they left the White House and headed for an overnight trip to Camp David. “Nice day, huh?” President Obama said, turning his head toward a handful of reporters who were on hand for the family’s departure shortly before 4 p.m. “It’s a beautiful day.” With his economic stimulus plan headed toward a vote in the Senate as soon as Monday, the president held a series of meetings with advisers in the White House on Saturday before gathering his family and taking the short ride to the presidential retreat in the Catoctin Mountains in nearby Maryland. Michelle Obama led the way across the South Lawn, followed by their two daughters, Malia and Sasha. (Sasha also brought a friend for a sleepover.) Marian Robinson, Michelle’s mother, also boarded the helicopter, followed by the president. It is the third weekend for the Obama family in the White House. On Friday evening, they attended a performance at the Kenn
Michelle said the most unexpected advice she received came from former First Ladies who told her to spend as much time as possible at Camp David, the presidential country retreat in Maryland. ‘It’s just one place you can go where you’re completely … where you feel some level of freedom and an ability to breathe,’ she said. Sources: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1185993/Living-White-House-normal-family-Michelle-Obamas-frankest-interview-yet.
