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A Veterans Day Message From Michelle Obama to the troops in Germany

Michelle Obama honors US troops in Germany

(AP) – 20 hours ago

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — First Lady Michelle Obama surprised a group of U.S. servicemen and women based in Germany on Thursday, jumping in to serve them steaks at a special Veterans Day meal.

“Oh, my God! Where’s my camera,” gasped Lavondee Stallings, a preschool teacher whose husband serves in the military, as Obama entered the banquet room at Ramstein Air Base’s Officers Club.

Stallings was one of some 200 people with whom the first lady spent time during a refueling stopover on the way home from her tour of Asia with President Barack Obama.

“I am missing Sasha and Malia desperately,” Obama said of her daughters, as she spoke to the group gathered for the donated steak dinner, grilled by volunteers from the California-based Cooks of the Valley.

“But it is a thrill to be here with you guys, because we are so grateful to all of you,” she said. “Not just our servicemen and women, but their kids, wives, husbands and parents.”

RAMSTEIN-MIESENBACH, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 11: First Lady Michelle Obama serves steaks to soldiers and their families during her visit at the Ramstein Air Force Base on November 11, 2010 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany.
—-Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images

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RAMSTEIN-MIESENBACH, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 11: First Lady Michelle Obama serves steaks to soldiers and their families during her visit at the Ramstein Air Force Base on November 11, 2010 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany.
—-Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (L) talks to her German counterpart Bettina Wulff during her visit at the U.S. airbase in the south-western German town of Ramstein, November 11, 2010.
—-REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

RAMSTEIN-MIESENBACH, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 11: First Lady Michelle Obama serves steaks to soldiers and their families during her visit at the Ramstein Air Force Base on November 11, 2010 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany.
—-Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty

RAMSTEIN-MIESENBACH, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 11: First Lady Michelle Obama signs an autographs to the chef before serving steaks to soldiers and their families during her visit at the Ramstein Air Force Base on November 11, 2010 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany.
—-Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images

RAMSTEIN-MIESENBACH, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 11: First Lady Michelle Obama serves steaks to soldiers and their families during her visit at the Ramstein Air Force Base on November 11, 2010 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany.
—-Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images