Published 1/5/2009
by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
at CNN Political Ticker
The Obama transition team has released photos of the Obama girls preparing for school Monday.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama doesn't begin his term for another two weeks, but daughters Sasha and Malia began theirs on Monday.
According to the president-elect's transition office, Michelle Obama accompanied the two daughters to the Sidwell Friends School Monday morning [...]
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