Michelle Obama is bringing a little bit of Hollywood on her trip to Qatar next week.
The first lady is being accompanied by late-night comic and talk-show host Conan O’Brien, who will entertain US troops during a visit to the al-Udeid airbase near the capital of Doha.
The vast airbase operates as an overseas headquarters for US Central Command, and hosts American bombers and support aircraft used in the air campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
The base is home to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing of the US Air Force and has more than 11,000 service members stationed there.
Mrs Obama is visiting Qatar and Jordan next week, primarily to promote her girls’ global education initiative.
