that is her job and her role on this trip. she is doing it very well. abby: cultural respect but also making statements of her own. i mean, people don t often talk about the influences that first ladies can have even on politics. you think about saudi arabia when she got off that plane, didn t have a head scarf on but still being praised even by the saudi arabiaen press by being classy. by being conservative but at the same time setting this message that the united states is about freedom of expression for women. that s absolutely right. and they accept i had the fact that she didn t have the head scarf because she was modestly dressed and she was showing such respect for their culture. and that is just key. a lot has been made about the sword dancing they did the other night. i levied that because i wrote about that in my book the burning of the white house. the first gift from the middle east to a president was a sword. and it s a symbol of honor and