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March 12, 2009

Obama, Clinton Honor “Women of Courage”
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At the State Department, First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton honored eight women from around the world at the
third annual Secretary of State’s Award for International Women of
Courage. The women are chosen based on nominations from US embassies.
 
bq. First Lady Michelle Obama: “The women we honor here, standing on
this stage today, risk their lives to fight for themselves and for their
mothers, daughters, sisters, grandmothers and friends. And in doing so,
they create a better society not just for them, but for their fathers,
sons, brothers, grandfathers and husbands. The women we honor today are
not just changing their own circumstances, they are changing the world.”

The eight women come from Guatemala, Afghanistan, Iraq, Malaysia, Niger,
Russia, Uzbekistan and Yemen.



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