Obama Health Rally Today; Michelle Obama to Give Health Speech Friday

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Lynn Sweet

Correspondent
Posted:
09/17/09


First Lady Michelle Obama on Friday will make a speech at a low-key event to bolster President Obama's push for passage of his health care overhaul. The White House said Mrs. Obama will "amplify" the president's message on the need for reform at an event featuring women and families impacted by the current system.

Unlike Obama's big public rallies to keep pressure on Congress -- at the University of Maryland at College Park today and last Saturday in Minnesota -- Mrs. Obama will stroll next door to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to deliver her remarks.

Mrs. Obama has been involved -- at her own pace, in her own way -- with helping Obama's health push since June, as Daily Flotus has been reporting.