{"id":508542,"date":"2010-04-03T09:29:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T13:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/?p=2973"},"modified":"2010-04-03T09:29:20","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T13:29:20","slug":"photos-first-lady-obama-visits-the-obscure-ustr-is-area-51-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/508542","title":{"rendered":"Photos First Lady Obama Visits the Obscure USTR- Is Area 51 Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is Gina. First Lady Michelle Obama \u00a0was SERIOUS when she said she was going on a welcome tour of every single federal agency. Friday, she ended up at the office of the United States Trade Representative ( USTR). Most people have never head of it <img src='http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' \/> . That&#8217;s where her current Secretary Julianna Smoot worked prior to heading to the White House. \u00a0Ron Kirk is US Trade Representative.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=Michelle%20Obama&amp;iid=8421198\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/3\/e\/4\/b\/Michelle_Obama_meets_5493.JPG?adImageId=12058389&amp;imageId=8421198\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Michelle Obama meets U.S. Trade Rep staff in Washington\" width=\"234\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><em>First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks and meets with employees at the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington on April 2, 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=Michelle%20Obama&amp;iid=8421190\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/d\/9\/0\/c\/Michelle_Obama_meets_83f1.JPG?adImageId=12058402&amp;imageId=8421190\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Michelle Obama meets U.S. Trade Rep staff in Washington\" width=\"234\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=Michelle%20Obama&amp;iid=8421188\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/9\/e\/2\/5\/Michelle_Obama_meets_661f.JPG?adImageId=12058405&amp;imageId=8421188\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Michelle Obama meets U.S. Trade Rep staff in Washington\" width=\"234\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=Michelle%20Obama&amp;iid=8421192\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/5\/2\/a\/d\/Michelle_Obama_meets_e8db.JPG?adImageId=12058407&amp;imageId=8421192\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Michelle Obama meets U.S. Trade Rep staff in Washington\" width=\"234\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\nI only know about USTR because one of my law school classmates REALLY wanted to work there for some reason.  I also once contributed to Ron Kirk&#8217;s Senate campaign.  He lost <img src='http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' \/> <\/p>\n<p>We want to thank the bloggers at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustr.gov\/about-us\/press-office\/blog\/2010\/april\/first-lady-michelle-obama-vists-ustr\">Office of the US Trade Representative <\/a>for these lovely public domain photos.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s294.photobucket.com\/albums\/mm83\/michelleobamawatch\/?action=view&amp;current=1853.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/i294.photobucket.com\/albums\/mm83\/michelleobamawatch\/1853.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s294.photobucket.com\/albums\/mm83\/michelleobamawatch\/?action=view&amp;current=1855.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/i294.photobucket.com\/albums\/mm83\/michelleobamawatch\/1855.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s294.photobucket.com\/albums\/mm83\/michelleobamawatch\/?action=view&amp;current=1854.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/i294.photobucket.com\/albums\/mm83\/michelleobamawatch\/1854.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nExcellent work!<\/p>\n<p>So which federal agencies have been left out?<\/p>\n<p>If she shows up at <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Area_51\">Area 51<\/a> next month, then I will just fall out. Y&#8217;all will have to come pick me up off the floor. \u00a0Every time she visits an agency, she highlights the work that the employees do so it ends up being a civics\/government lesson as well.<\/p>\n<p>Y&#8217;all have a lovely Easter Weekend. We&#8217;ll be here going gah gah over the little kiddies running around the White House law for the Easter Egg Roll.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home\/?status=#michelleobamawatch\" title=\"Post to twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/tt-twitter.png\" alt=\"Post to Twitter\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/plurk.com\/?status=Photos+First+Lady+Obama+Visits+the+Obscure+USTR-+Is+Area+51+Next%3F+http:\/\/bit.ly\/9dowzA\" title=\"Post to Plurk\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/tt-plurk.png\" alt=\"Post to Plurk\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/buzz.yahoo.com\/submit?submitUrl=http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/2010\/04\/photos-first-lady-obama-visits-the-obscure-ustr-is-area-51-next\/&amp;submitHeadline=Photos+First+Lady+Obama+Visits+the+Obscure+USTR-+Is+Area+51+Next%3F\" title=\"Post to Yahoo Buzz\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/tt-buzz.png\" alt=\"Post to Yahoo Buzz\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/post?url=http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/2010\/04\/photos-first-lady-obama-visits-the-obscure-ustr-is-area-51-next\/&amp;title=Photos+First+Lady+Obama+Visits+the+Obscure+USTR-+Is+Area+51+Next%3F\" title=\"Post to Delicious\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/tt-delicious.png\" alt=\"Post to Delicious\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/2010\/04\/photos-first-lady-obama-visits-the-obscure-ustr-is-area-51-next\/&amp;title=Photos+First+Lady+Obama+Visits+the+Obscure+USTR-+Is+Area+51+Next%3F\" title=\"Post to Digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/tt-digg.png\" alt=\"Post to Digg\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/2010\/04\/photos-first-lady-obama-visits-the-obscure-ustr-is-area-51-next\/&amp;t=Photos+First+Lady+Obama+Visits+the+Obscure+USTR-+Is+Area+51+Next%3F\" title=\"Post to Facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/tt-facebook.png\" alt=\"Post to Facebook\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/Modules\/PostTo\/Pages\/?l=3&amp;u=http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/2010\/04\/photos-first-lady-obama-visits-the-obscure-ustr-is-area-51-next\/&amp;t=Photos+First+Lady+Obama+Visits+the+Obscure+USTR-+Is+Area+51+Next%3F&amp;c=%3Cp%3EPowered+by+%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Frichardxthripp.thripp.com%2Ftweet-this%22%3ETweet+This%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fp%3E\" title=\"Post to MySpace\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/tt-myspace.png\" alt=\"Post to MySpace\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/ping.fm\/ref\/?method=microblog&amp;title=Photos+First+Lady+Obama+Visits+the+Obscure+USTR-+Is+Area+51+Next%3F&amp;link=http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/2010\/04\/photos-first-lady-obama-visits-the-obscure-ustr-is-area-51-next\/\" title=\"Post to Ping\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/tt-ping.png\" alt=\"Post to Ping.fm\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/2010\/04\/photos-first-lady-obama-visits-the-obscure-ustr-is-area-51-next\/&amp;title=Photos+First+Lady+Obama+Visits+the+Obscure+USTR-+Is+Area+51+Next%3F\" title=\"Post to Reddit\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/tt-reddit.png\" alt=\"Post to Reddit\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/2010\/04\/photos-first-lady-obama-visits-the-obscure-ustr-is-area-51-next\/&amp;title=Photos+First+Lady+Obama+Visits+the+Obscure+USTR-+Is+Area+51+Next%3F\" title=\"Post to StumbleUpon\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/tt-su.png\" alt=\"Post to StumbleUpon\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Gina. First Lady Michelle Obama \u00a0was SERIOUS when she said she was going on a welcome tour of every single federal agency. Friday, she ended up at the office of the United States Trade Representative ( USTR). Most people have never head of it . That&#8217;s where her current Secretary Julianna Smoot worked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-508542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}