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Obama picks another Chicagoan

President Barack Obama has picked another Chicagoan for an ambassador post, selecting the head of a Chicago public affairs firm to be the U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture. Named to the post on Friday was ...

From JOHN MCCORMICK, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  19 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  United Nations,  Jewel

Durbin to AG: help on Chicago violence

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to do more to address youth violence in Chicago. "Last school year, more than 500 Chicago school children were shot and at least 36 of them were killed," Durbin said ...

From JOHN MCCORMICK, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  17 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Dick Durbin,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  Eric Holder,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Department of Justice

Obama: Health system a 'time bomb'

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on health care reform at a meeting of the American Medical Association. (ASSOCIATED PRESS: Pablo Martinez Monsivais) CHICAGO — In a house call to the nation's largest doctors group, President Barack Obama on ...

From BRUCE JAPSEN AND JOHN MCCORMICK, TwinCities.com,  16 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  American Medical Association,  Edward M. Kennedy,  Congressional Budget Office,  U.S. Republican Party

All about Air Force One

As President Barack Obama flies Monday to Chicago for a midday speech on health-care reform, the round trip on Air Force One will run about $236,000, according to government estimates of the operating costs for one of the top symbols, and perks, of the ...

From JOHN MCCORMICK, The Swamp,  15 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

For Obamas, Chicago on their minds

This is one idea that I disagree with President Obama. Chicago needs a new rail system, resurfacing of many miles of its streets and a better run, better funded school system, not the Olympics !! The public healthcare system can be greatly improved, as ...

From JOHN MCCORMICK, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  14 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Obama women heading to Paris

Malia and Sasha Obama are starting their summer vacation with a trip to Europe. The White House confirmed Thursday that the girls will join their parents at ceremonies Saturday marking the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, then stay on in Paris ...

From JOHN MCCORMICK, The Swamp,  4 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Sasha Obama

Obama's great uncle headed to Normandy

President Barack Obama's great uncle, a Chicagoan who helped liberate a German concentration camp in 1945, plans to travel to France late this week to take part in a weekend event to commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day, the Tribune has ...

From JOHN MCCORMICK, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  2 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Eric Shinseki,  Bob Dole

Tribune profile: Judge Diane Wood

Virtually every Wednesday evening, Diane Wood leaves one courthouse and travels a few blocks to another for a two-hour rehearsal with the Chicago Bar Association Symphony, an ensemble where she has played the oboe and English horn for roughly two ...

From JOHN MCCORMICK, The Swamp,  23 May 2009
Related Topics: University of Chicago,  Barack Obama,  David Souter

Chicagoan Susman to UK as ambassador?

President Barack Obama will soon name a Chicagoan and one of his top political fundraisers to a plum ambassadorship, according to reports in the British press. Louis Susman, a veteran fundraiser who served as Sen. John Kerry's national finance chairman ...

From JOHN MCCORMICK, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  21 May 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  St. Louis Cardinals,  John Kerry,  White House,  Edward M. Kennedy

Poetry, jazz make the scene at White House

Bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding was among performers at the White House on Tuesday, an event that was streamed live on the Net. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images ) CHICAGO — While a poetry jam that mixed smooth jazz with groovy verse may seem more ...

From JOHN MCCORMICK, Denver Post,  12 May 2009
Related Topics: White House,  Michelle Obama,  Barack Obama,  Stevie Wonder

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