Obama Signs Order for Council on Women & Girls


	Obama Signs Order for Council on Women & Girls

Francesca Donner

3-12-2009 1:16 PM

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politics, women, girls, white house, obama

Francesca Donner says:

Let's see what the panel actually gets done... I am realistically optimistic.

Strike that. I am cautiously optimistic.

Notes Politico: The Council will have "no full-time staff, no Cabinet-level leader and no set meeting schedule."

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				<P><DIV>President Barack Obama invoked the travails of women in his family as he signed an executive order on Wednesday establishing a new interagency panel devoted to the concerns of women and girls.</DIV></P></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19900.html"><DIV>Obama credited his wife, Michelle, for “juggling work and parenting with more skill and grace than anybody that I know.” But the president said he was also aware that those burdens often weighed on his wife. </DIV>
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