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Haiku In The News: First Lady Poet

Former first lady Laura Bush and first lady Michelle Obama.
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Former first lady Laura Bush and first lady Michelle Obama.

"On the other hand

"We get to work on what we're

"Passionate about."

From remarks by first lady Michelle Obama, appearing with former first lady Laura Bush at the African First Ladies Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on July 2.

(If you find examples of Haiku in the News, please send them to: protojournalist@npr.org.You could win aProtojournalist Prizepak.)

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Linton Weeks joined NPR in the summer of 2008, as its national correspondent for Digital News. He immediately hit the campaign trail, covering the Democratic and Republican National Conventions; fact-checking the debates; and exploring the candidates, the issues and the electorate.

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