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Oct. 1, 2018 / 10:04 AM

Michelle Obama, Kelly Clarkson set for NBC girls special

Michelle Obama talks about the importance of voting at the "When We All Vote" rally in Miami on Friday. The former first lady is to take part in a "Today" show special celebrating International Day of the Girl next week. Photo by Gary I Rothstein/UPI

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Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Former first lady Michelle Obama and singers Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Meghan Trainor are confirmed for a Today show special celebrating International Day of the Girl on Oct. 11.

Obama is expected to make an announcement related to global adolescent girls' education during a live, sit-down chat with Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb, NBC said in a press release Monday.

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Clarkson, Hudson and Trainor are scheduled to perform during the event and Today contributor Jenna Bush Hager is slated to introduce a series of stories she is working on about girls' education around the world.

The hourlong program is to start at 8 a.m. ET.

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