Posted on 04/24/2017 12:01:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Former President Barack Obama, on a two-day visit to Chicago that began Sunday, met privately with at-risk young men on the South Side to talk about gang violence, jobs skills and employment, a spokesman said.
The meeting was with participants in a program created by Obama's longtime friend and former education secretary, Arne Duncan — and signified a return to Obama's roots as a community organizer 30 years ago on the South Side.
"He said he grew up during that time because of the work he was doing," Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis said.
Now the former president wants to solicit ideas and information on "how we can turn things around" in areas hit hard by crime....
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Who is paying for these trips?
This rash on the inner thigh of our once republic just won’t go away.
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