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Obama Daughters Start School

Barack gets teary as new life begins

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 5, 2009 10:05 AM CST

(Newser) – Like millions of other children, the Obama girls returned to school today. Unlike the rest of the nations’ kids, they were accompanied by a cadre of police, Secret Service agents, and media, the Washington Post reports. The Obama family’s new life in Washington is off to its official start, with the president-elect acknowledging that leaving his Chicago home yesterday left him “choked up,” the Chicago Tribune reports.

Though his now-empty Chicago house got him emotional, Obama’s thoughts will certainly soon turn to the full plate ahead of him now that he’s in Washington. Scheduled to meet with congressional leaders today to discuss an economic stimulus package, he said goodbye to his girls before their motorcade left the hotel for school this morning at 7:10am, accompanied by mom Michelle.

President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama get their daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, ready for their first day of school in Washington, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.
President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama get their daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, ready for their first day of school in Washington, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.   (AP Photo/Obama Transition Office, Callie Shell)
Michelle Obama, center, walks her daughter Sasha, 7, to her first day at the Lower School Campus of Sidwell Friends in Bethesda, Md., on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.
Michelle Obama, center, walks her daughter Sasha, 7, to her first day at the Lower School Campus of Sidwell Friends in Bethesda, Md., on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.   (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
President-elect Barack Obama getting his daughter Sasha, 7, ready for their first day of school in Washington, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.
President-elect Barack Obama getting his daughter Sasha, 7, ready for their first day of school in Washington, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.   (AP Photo/Obama Transition Office, Callie Shell)
Barack Obama stands with his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Sasha and Malia, during a campaign rally November 1, 2008 in Pueblo, Colorado.
Barack Obama stands with his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Sasha and Malia, during a campaign rally November 1, 2008 in Pueblo, Colorado.   (Getty Images)
Barack Obama waves to supporters as he walks with his daughter Sasha before voting at the Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School November 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois.
Barack Obama waves to supporters as he walks with his daughter Sasha before voting at the Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School November 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois.   (Getty Images)
In this Nov. 10, 2008 file photo, Sasha Obama, 7, and Malia Obama, 10, walk to school after their father dropped them off, in Chicago.
In this Nov. 10, 2008 file photo, Sasha Obama, 7, and Malia Obama, 10, walk to school after their father dropped them off, in Chicago.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file)
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