Washington – Michelle Obama’s annual question-and-answer session with the children of Executive Office employees took a serious turn Thursday when a 10-year-old girl in the front row told the first lady that her dad had been out of work for three years. Then the girl popped up to hand the first lady his resume.
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The first lady seemed a little taken aback but then explained to the other children, who might not have heard the girl’s comment, that the matter was “a little private, but she’s doing something for her dad.” Mrs. Obama promised to deal with the matter later.
When the event ended, Mrs. Obama gave the girl, Charlotte Bell, a hug and then reached back to grab the resume off a table as she left the East Room. The first lady played host to the children at the White House on Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
Charlotte’s family had joked over the weekend about making a job pitch to the first lady, but her parents didn’t know she would give it a try, according to her mother, an executive branch employee who did not want to be identified.
Charlotte’s father, Ben Bell, has been looking for a policy job for more than two years and recently has been trying to get a job with the Obama administration. He worked on the Obama campaign in 2012.
I am surprised secret service did not look at the girl walking up to the first lady with a stack of papers and yell “WEAPON WEAPON” and then take her down
ummmm, if he waits a little while longer, he can apply for the presidents job….LOL!
What’s a policy job?
I applaud the girl for doing what had to be done. It may yield some results. In early, 1993, when Bill Clinton met with some school children at a White House Event, a disabled eight year old girl asked Clinton if he could intervene to keep her and her sister in the same school, as there were plans to separate them. At first, Clinton stated that “as President, he didn’t have the authority to intervene in a local school policy”. However, he must have had a change of heart, as it was later reported that the two sisters would not be separated after all. In summary, I think that this little girl did the right thing, pertaining to the resume. Also, No. 1, Mr. Modern Lakewood Guy, your comment about the U.S. Secret Service, was out of line, and not appreciated one iota!
Wait, how come all these kids can go to the White House for publicity stunts but you and I can’t take a tour anymore! We paid for it!
This girl must have learned to have this type of guts from her parents. If her father is anything like her, give him a job!