USA Today – Greg Toppo
“While most Americans were sleeping, first lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday delivered a major speech on girls’ education, urging world leaders not to separate issues of education from wider discussions about girls’ and women’s rights. “If we truly want to get girls into our classrooms, then we need to have an honest conversation about how we view and treat women in our societies,” she told an international education conference. “And this conversation needs to happen in every country on this planet, including my own.” Obama is in the Mideast this week — she and comedian Conan O’Brien on Tuesday visited American soldiers at nearby Al-Udeid Air Force Base. She also plans to visit Jordan. On Wednesday, she detailed her “Let Girls Learn” campaign, which focuses on adolescent girls’ education.”(more)