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Mayor Daley’s son Patrick has left his home and his job in Moscow after being summoned back to active duty in the U.S. Army, the mayor disclosed today. “My son had a responsibility. He served fours years in the military, and he’s re-deployed. He will serve his country just like every other son and daughter in this country does the same thing,” the mayor said. The mayor made it clear that his son did not re-enlist, but was summoned back to active duty. It was not known whether Patrick Daley was an Army reservist. The mayor refused to say where...

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's 29-year-old son has enlisted in the Army and will soon report for duty in the airborne infantry. "It's been in the back of my mind for some time," Patrick Daley told the Chicago Sun-Times in Tuesday's editions. "I left West Point during my freshman year when I was 18 years old and always remembered their motto, 'Duty, Honor and Country.' But I was so young and not really old enough to understand what it really meant. But I know now." Daley finished college at the University of Illinois and got a master's degree in business from...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Mayor Richard Daley's son, whose name and MBA from one of the nation's most prestigious universities would have opened doors to a lucrative career, has instead joined the Army and could be sent off to the battlefields of Iraq or Afghanistan.Patrick Daley, 29, who got his master's degree from the University of Chicago in June, said he "always wanted to find a way to serve ... just like my grandfather and father." He said the Sept. 11 attacks played a role in his decision to enlist in the airborne infantry."Think of it. It's amazing. I get to...

Who's he talking about? Eric Zorn received a bunch of 'Z-Mail' in response to his claim that Patrick Daley, the woman-stealer, is going to Iraq to 'boost his political resume. Zorn sticks to his guns in his blog, but throws in this little nugget: And certainly, I'll say again, there's little evidence to suggest that the children of powerful Illinois politicians need to make grand, selfless gestures and achieve great things on their own before running for high office. Hmmm...who could he be talking about? Her? Him? Her? Him? Him?

Mayor Richard Daley's son, whose name and MBA from one of the nation's most prestigious universities would have opened doors to a lucrative career, has instead joined the Army and could be sent off to the battlefields of Iraq or Afghanistan. Patrick Daley, 29, who got his master's degree from the University of Chicago in June, said he "always wanted to find a way to serve ... just like my grandfather and father." He said the Sept. 11 attacks played a role in his decision to enlist in the airborne infantry. "Think of it. It's amazing. I get to serve...

Mayor Daley's only son, Patrick, has joined the Army during a time of war. He reports to active duty as an enlisted soldier in the Army's regular airborne infantry. His activation date: between Christmas and New Year's. His destination: presumably North Carolina's Ft. Bragg. His final destination? It could lead him to Iraq or Afghanistan within a year. "He wants to serve his country," said a Sneed source. "He's a patriot. It's just that it's a pretty dangerous time to be doing so. His father is very proud but his mother, Maggie, is nervous as any mother would be. It's...