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U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (L) and Elisabeth Debrosse, wife of Haitian President Rene Preval, greet children during her visit to a local child welfare project in Port-au-Prince April 13, 2010. U.S. First Lady Obama made an unannounced visit to disaster-stricken Haiti on Tuesday and said she was struck by the devastation inflicted by the January 12 earthquake on the poor Caribbean country.
——REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
First Lady Michelle Obama, right, talks to Haiti’s President Rene Preval at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to the devastated Haitian capital, joining a long list of political figures and celebrities who have toured the country and affirmed international support for reconstruction.
—–AP Photo/Brennan Linsley
First Lady Michelle Obama, right, stands with Haiti’s President Rene Preval, center, and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, left, at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden made a surprise visit to the devastated Haitian capital Tuesday, joining a long list of political figures and celebrities who have toured the country and affirmed international support for reconstruction.
—–AP Photo/Brennan Linsley
First Lady Michelle Obama, left, and Haiti’s first lady Elisabeth Debrosse greet children at a center for displaced children in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to the devastated Haitian capital, joining a long list of political figures and celebrities who have toured the country and affirmed international support for reconstruction.
—–AP Photo/Brennan Linsley
First Lady Michelle Obama, center, Haiti’s first lady Elisabeth Debrosse, right, and Vice President Joseph Biden’s wife, Jill Biden, paint with children in a school in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to the devastated Haitian capital, joining a long list of political figures and celebrities who have toured the country and affirmed international support for reconstruction.
—–AP Photo/Brennan Linsley
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (C) shakes hands with children during her visit to a local child welfare project in Port-au-Prince April 13, 2010. U.S. first lady Obama made an unannounced visit to disaster-stricken Haiti on Tuesday and said she was struck by the devastation inflicted by the Jan. 12 earthquake on the poor Caribbean country.
——REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
First Lady Michelle Obama, fourth from right, and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, second from right, stand with Haiti’s President Rene Preval, waving, and Haiti’s first lady Elisabeth Debrosse, left, at the damaged presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Michelle Obama and Jill Biden made a surprise visit to the devastated Haitian capital Tuesday, joining a long list of political figures and celebrities who have toured the country and affirmed international support for reconstruction.
—–AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (R) speaks with Haiti’s President Rene Preval during her visit to the destroyed national palace in Port-au-Prince April 13, 2010. U.S. First Lady Obama made an unannounced visit to disaster-stricken Haiti on Tuesday and said she was struck by the devastation inflicted by the Jan. 12 earthquake on the poor Caribbean country.
—–REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
First Lady Michelle Obama, fourth from right, and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, second from right, stand with Haiti’s President Rene Preval, waving, and Haiti’s First Lady Elisabeth Debrosse, left, at the damaged presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Michelle Obama and Jill Biden made a surprise visit to the devastated Haitian capital Tuesday, joining a long list of political figures and celebrities who have toured the country and affirmed international support for reconstruction.
——AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa
First Lady Michelle Obama, top, gestures as she meets children in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to the devastated Haitian capital, joining a long list of political figures and celebrities who have toured the country and affirmed international support for reconstruction.
—–AP Photo/Brennan Linsley
First Lady Michelle Obama visits a center for displaced children in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to the devastated Haitian capital, joining a long list of political figures and celebrities who have toured the country and affirmed international support for reconstruction.
—–AP Photo/Brennan Linsley
First Lady Michelle Obama, right, and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, greet children at a center for displaced children in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to the devastated Haitian capital, joining a long list of political figures and celebrities who have toured the country and affirmed international support for reconstruction.
—–AP Photo/Brennan Linsley
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama pauses as she attends a meeting with a UN staff member at a UN base in Port-au-Prince April 13, 2010. U.S. First Lady Obama made an unannounced visit to disaster-stricken Haiti on Tuesday and said she was struck by the devastation inflicted by the Jan. 12 earthquake on the poor Caribbean country.
—–REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (C) greets U.N. staff members in Port-au-Prince April 13, 2010. U.S. First Lady Obama made an unannounced visit to disaster-stricken Haiti on Tuesday and said she was struck by the devastation inflicted by the Jan. 12 earthquake on the poor Caribbean country.
—–REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
First Lady Michelle Obama, left, walks with a translator during a visit to a school damaged in the Jan. 12 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to the devastated Haitian capital, joining a long list of political figures and celebrities who have toured the country and affirmed international support for reconstruction.
—–AP Photo/Brennan Linsley
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks with members of the media shortly before departing after a one-day visit to Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. To the left is U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s wife, Jill Biden, who joined the first lady on her visit to Haiti.
—–AP Photo/Brennan Linsley
A U.S. Navy helicopter carrying First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, lands at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Michelle Obama and Jill Biden made a surprise visit to the devastated Haitian capital Tuesday, joining a long list of political figures and celebrities who have toured the country and affirmed international support for reconstruction.
—-AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa
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