By Annika McGinnis
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama will not go into politics
after leaving the White House, she said on Monday, dismissing rumors she
might follow in the footsteps of predecessor Hillary Clinton and run
for the Senate after her husband leaves office.
At an event to
promote family-friendly workplace policies, the wife of President Barack
Obama was asked whether her next move would be political.“No, it will not be political. It definitely will not be. It will be mission-based, service-focused,” Mrs. Obama told ABC newscaster Robin Roberts.
Her comment may have
been aimed at shutting down recent speculation that Mrs. Obama was
mulling a future run for the U.S. Senate. President Obama's term in the
White House ends in early 2017.
Former
first lady Hillary Clinton was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000
just as her husband, President Bill Clinton, was finishing his second
term. She went on to become U.S. secretary of state under Obama after
losing to him in a run to become the 2008 Democratic presidential
nominee.
During her time as
first lady, Michelle Obama spearheaded a movement to make school lunches
healthier, a move for which she has come under recent fire from
congressional Republicans.
Before
her husband went into politics, Obama worked as an attorney, director
of a “public allies” leadership-training group in Chicago and as
director for community affairs at the University of Chicago Hospitals.
(Reporting by Annika McGinnis; Editing by Jeff Mason and Ken Wills)
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