International Women’s Day at the White House

The White House commemorated International Women’s Day earlier this week with a reception at the White House that included accomplished women of varying professions meeting accomplished young women from area high schools. The WH put up vide of this event — this is about 40 mins long, but the first 7 or so are the Intro by Michele Obama followed by President Obama (about 13 mins or so) talking about the importance of women as fully vested players in American civic and economic life. This first part, where Michele Obama speaks before her husband does is delightful:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr-SefjSFDk[/youtube]