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Parting Shot: Lovely First Ladies

First Lady Michelle Obama and Chilean First Lady Cecilia Morel walk past the troops during an arrival ceremony at La Moneda Palace in Santiago, Chile, today. Reportedly, Chile President Sebastian Pinera engaged in personal chitchat with President Barack Obama. "I think the first lady of the U.S. is very good-looking," Pinera declared during a joint news conference with Obama in Santiago midway through Obama's Latin American tour. According to Pinera, the sentiment was mutual. "President Obama has said the same about the first lady of Chile." More here. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Question: What do you make of the exchange between Obama and the Chilean president re: the beauty of each other's wife?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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