BUDGET/OBAMA FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hours after CNN reported on an internal document advising administration employees that former first lady Michelle Obama’s signature education initiative would not be maintained, the White House said the program had not changed.
‘There have been no changes to the program,’ said State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, referring to the “Let Girls Learn” initiative, which Obama launched in 2015.
‘The Administration supports policies and programs to empower adolescent girls, including efforts to educate them through the completion of secondary school. We are committed to empowering women and girls around the world and are continuing to examine the best ways to do so.’
The White House’s response came after an internal Trump administration document showed plans to end the ‘Let Girls Learn’ program, which facilitates educational opportunities for adolescent girls in developing countries.
‘Moving forward, we will not continue to use the ‘Let Girls Learn’ brand or maintain a stand-alone program,’ read an email sent to Peace Corps employees this week by the agency’s acting director Sheila Crowley.”
-Kevin Liptak, “Despite memo, White House says Michelle Obama program unchanged,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 1, 2017 9:59pm