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A message from Michelle

First lady’s attendance at Hadiya’s funeral necessary, vital

(MCT) — Michelle Obama is not only first lady of the United States. She’s also a mother of two young daughters. And she’s coming home to the funeral of a girl who was killed in a park about a mile from the Obamas’ Kenwood home.

You’ve heard about Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old innocent gunned down last week, another victim of the city’s seemingly ceaseless violence.

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