The first lady has taken on a horror that's long been swept under the rug. AP

Three cheers for First Lady Melania Trump for drawing attention to the plight of America’s too-often-overlooked foster kids.

On Friday, she co-signed an executive order with the president that instructs Health and Human Services to improve child-welfare data collection and transparency; it also establishes a “Fostering the Future” program to create opportunities for both current and aging-out foster kids to connect with support.

It’s a worthy cause for the famously private first lady to undertake: Foster kids are especially vulnerable; for example, she pointed out, “Too many people from the foster care community end up homeless, in danger on America’s streets.”

Or worse: Recall last month’s stomach-churn

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