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Obama library to be located in Chicago, reports say
The Hill ^
| April 30, 2015
| Jordan Fabian
Posted on 04/30/2015 5:45:16 PM PDT by jazusamo
The Obama presidential library will be located in Chicago, according to media reports.
The University of Chicago reportedly beat out three other finalists that submitted bids to build the library — the University of Illinois at Chicago, Columbia University in New York and the University of Hawaii in Honolulu — according to NBC News.
An official announcement is expected in mid-May, CBS 2 Chicago reported.
The foundation overseeing the creation of the library did not respond to a request for comment.
The Windy City, where the president and first lady lived and worked before Obama was elected to the Senate in 2004, was long considered the front-runner to land the library.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Obama's former chief of staff, has lobbied hard for the library to be located in his city.
The president has deep ties to the University of Chicago. He taught at the university's law school for 12 years. His former senior adviser, David Axelrod, runs the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago and attended college there.
The site selection had been delayed over concerns that the University of Chicago's bid proposed two sites that required the acquisition of public park land. The announcement was further pushed back in March due to Chicago's runoff mayoral election, which Emanuel won.
The Illinois state legislature last week passed a bill that would allow the library to legally be built on park land.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; obama; obamalibrary
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Obama's former chief of staff, has lobbied hard for the library to be located in his city. It's the Chicago way.
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posted on
04/30/2015 5:45:16 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
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posted on
04/30/2015 5:46:44 PM PDT
by
Paul46360
(..)
To: jazusamo
Wha? Thay gotta be all readin’ in She-it?
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posted on
04/30/2015 5:47:42 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Palin/Cruz - to defeat HilLIARy/Warren)
To: jazusamo
Why don’t they move it to Baltimore, where his people are?
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posted on
04/30/2015 5:48:03 PM PDT
by
A Cyrenian
(Don't worry about stuffing the bus or filling the fridge. Try filling the Church.)
To: jazusamo
... it’s just that Kenya is so far away ... and people would talk ...
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posted on
04/30/2015 5:49:30 PM PDT
by
glennaro
To: glennaro
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posted on
04/30/2015 5:51:32 PM PDT
by
lulu16
(May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
To: A Cyrenian
There’s empty property that’s recently been made available to build it in Baltimore.
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posted on
04/30/2015 5:52:14 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
To: jazusamo
Will it have one or two books?
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posted on
04/30/2015 5:53:25 PM PDT
by
TrumpisRight
(President Palin sounds so good....)
To: jazusamo
To: Paul46360
Maybe if you had posted your “news” thread with an actual title and a link to back it up, this “duplicate thread” wouldn’t have been posted.
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posted on
04/30/2015 5:54:46 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Learn to search. Ask me how.)
To: jazusamo
Barry’s collection of “High Times” magazines?
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posted on
04/30/2015 5:55:33 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Learn to search. Ask me how.)
To: BulletBobCo; Calif4Palin
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posted on
04/30/2015 5:57:02 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
04/30/2015 5:57:59 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
To: Calif4Palin
Will it have one or two books?
It will have two. One will be a mystery, the other will be fiction.
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04/30/2015 5:59:00 PM PDT
by
Know et al
(Keep on Freepin'!!!)
To: jazusamo
What does it matter?
A mud hut can be put up just about anywhere.
Kenya, perhaps?
I hate the treasonous son of a bitch.
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posted on
04/30/2015 6:00:09 PM PDT
by
OldSmaj
(obama is a worthless mohametan. Impeach his ass now!)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
OK there Mr. Posting Hauptsturmführe.
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posted on
04/30/2015 6:00:31 PM PDT
by
Rome2000
(SMASH THE CPUSA)
To: Calif4Palin
Will it have one or two books?
There will be two books. One will be a mystery and the other will be fiction.
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posted on
04/30/2015 6:00:39 PM PDT
by
Know et al
(Keep on Freepin'!!!)
Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!
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posted on
04/30/2015 6:00:54 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
To: jazusamo
The only people to visit it will be historians seeking to answer one simple question: was he really arrogant enough to admit his treachery in documents sealed for 50 years?
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04/30/2015 6:01:15 PM PDT
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clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: Know et al
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04/30/2015 6:01:27 PM PDT
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Rome2000
(SMASH THE CPUSA)
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