Michelle Obama to Promote Breastfeeding as IRS Gives Tax Breaks for Nursing
Politics Daily ^ | 2/14/2011 | Lynn Sweet
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First lady Michelle Obama will be speaking out to remove barriers to breastfeeding, Politics Daily has learned, throwing the spotlight on nursing as a way to reduce childhood obesity.
This comes as the Obama administration in the past year has made several moves to encourage breastfeeding -- including a push for more flexible workplace rules and an Internal Revenue Service ruling on Thursday that breast pumps and other nursing supplies qualify for tax breaks.
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