First Lady Michelle Obama reads a Dr. Suess book to children in Washington
Education Secretary Arne Duncan (R) prepares to read "Horton Hears a Who!" to elementary school students from Arlington, Virginia and the District of Columbia, as First Lady Michelle Obama looks on, on the 106th birthday of author Dr. Suess at the Library of Congress in Washington on March 2, 2010. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn
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