Michelle Obama to Make First Letterman Appearance After Campaign Stop in Minnesota

As Election 2012 heats up, First Lady Michelle Obama is stepping up her efforts to support her husband’s campaign, speaking to military families in Minnesota ahead of her first ever appearance on David Letterman’s late night show.

Mrs. Obama will appear tonight- March 19th- on Letterman in New York, but the president’s wife has recently appeared on Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno’s late night chat shows as well. The visit comes after Michelle visited military families in Minnesota, underscoring the Obama administration’s support for soldiers’ spouses and kids and praising the state’s efforts to provide a strong base to serve the families of servicemen and women- the First Lady said:

“I want to make sure that the rest of the nation understands how you work as a state, how your organizations come together, the needs of our military families and how organizations can serve them.”

Tracy Clark’s son Ryan Clark was killed in Afghanistan in 2010 at the age of 22, and Clark was given the opportunity to discuss concerns about the parents of soldiers on military bases with Mrs. Obama. Clark explained:

“They tell us that we are military family for life and when I go on base, I don’t feel like a military (family member). I can’t do anything on that base, because I don’t have a military ID… If they’re gonna call us military families, than you need to treat us like military families.”

The military mom says that the First Lady pledged to help parents who are in the situation Clark is in:

“She knows about this request, and it keeps getting put off, but she said ‘You know what? We will get that done.'”

Will you be tuning in to watch Michelle Obama tonight on Letterman?