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First Lady Praises Clinton, Defends Michelle Obama

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The Washington Post

Published: June 10, 2008

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - First lady Laura Bush made an unusual foray into the U.S. presidential campaign, praising Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., here Monday for her "grit and strength" and coming to the defense of Michelle Obama, the wife of the presumptive Democratic nominee.

Bush, who joined her husband in Slovenia after an unannounced weekend trip to Afghanistan, was asked about the candidacy of Clinton, who conceded the Democratic nomination on Saturday to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.

Bush told ABC News: "I will say I watched the campaign and admired Hillary's grit and strength."

The first lady also suggested that Obama's wife, Michelle, probably did not intend to say, as she did in February, that she was proud of her country for "the first time" in her adult life.

"I think she probably meant 'I'm more proud,' you know, is what she really meant," Bush said.

The Washington Post

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