On Sunday, Gibbs says the first family leaves for Moscow until Wednesday, then off to Rome until Friday. (See Obama's travel plans, which includes a meeting with the Pope here). Obama will leave on Friday night to Ghana and return to DC on Saturday. Looks like Michelle, her mom and the the girls are tagging along:
First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia, along with her mother, Marian Robinson, will join President Obama when he travels to Russia, Italy and Ghana next week. The First Couple will meet with Pope Benedict XVI on July 10 at the Vatican.
The White House announced in May that Mrs. Obama would visit Ghana -- and only recently confirmed that she will be with the president for the entire swing. The president will deliver two major speeches during the trip -- in Moscow, on U.S.-Russia relations, and in Accra, before the Ghanaian parliament.
Not all details about Mrs. Obama's activities on this trip are out yet, but a Wednesday briefing at the White House revealed some of her plans.
This is Mrs. Obama's second overseas trip in less than a month; she, her mom and daughters flew to Paris and London in June, marking Sasha's eighth birthday in London. Malia turns 11 on July 4. The next day, the Obama family flies to Russia aboard Air Force One, landing in Moscow on Monday.
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Dmitry Medvedev said relations between the U.S. and Russia have declined but the Obama administration is ready to work with Russia and Russia is ready to work with the U.S. Russia and U.S. only have one road to follow -- the road of agreement, he said:
