Army Base

Michelle Obama has started her solo tour and visited the North Carolina base.

During her visit to Fort Bragg, the first lady read “The Cat in the Hat” to a dozen preschoolers at the Prager Child Development Center, and the folks at Fort Bragg were touched by her performance.

“It was like she was reading to her children,” said Mattie White, a lead education technician at Fort Bragg.

While reading “The Cat in the Hat,” the first lady told the children she had two young daughters, and one tyke chimed in “I know Sasha.”

Her concern for military families is an agenda issue that began during the presidential campaign, and one that she vowed she would continue to work on from the East Wing of the White House.

The Fort Bragg visit is a setting that the first lady seems comfortable in — it combines her top policy issue and the qualities of the “mom-in-chief” she aims to be.

And any mention of the Obama daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, is an emotional touchstone for Mrs. Obama and, she suggests, for many in the country.

from ABC News