http://dir.salon.com/topics/aries_keck/?source=rss&aim=aries_keck en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT By Aries Keck Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/08/michelle_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/08/michelle_obama/index.html?source=rss Talking to Norfolk servicemen's wives, the potential first lady hopes to prove her empathy -- and the corrosiveness of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars -- in a battleground state's most contested area.