Michelle Obama takes on Republicans over school lunches (via AFP)

First lady Michelle Obama made a rare but strident foray into political debate Tuesday, slamming a Republican bid to change US school nutrition standards as “unacceptable.” Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives, dominated by the conservative…

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