Obama speech to school children draws conservative ire

China Daily | Updated: 2009-09-05 07:42

U.S. President Barack Obama's daughter Sasha hides behind the sofa as she sneaks up on the president at the end of the day in the Oval Office in this official handout photo taken last month. Reuters

DALLAS: President Barack Obama's back-to-school address next week was supposed to be a feel-good story for an administration battered over its health care agenda. Now Republican critics are calling it an effort to foist a political agenda on children, creating yet another confrontation with the White House.