Chicago to Be Chosen as Site for Obama’s Library

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Source: New York Times

CHICAGO — Chicago can breathe a sigh of relief: New York City will not be home to the Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum.

Mr. Obama’s library will be in his adopted home, Chicago’s South Side, according to two people who were briefed about the decision. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak before the official announcement.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was Mr. Obama’s chief of staff and led the lobbying effort to bring the library to the city where Mr. Obama first won elected office, is expected to make the announcement public within the next two weeks.

The president’s foundation considered awarding the library to Columbia University, where Mr. Obama earned his undergraduate degree, but, after some local zoning issues were cleared, it became all but certain that Chicago would be the choice. Hawaii, where Mr. Obama spent his boyhood, also bid on the library.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/us/politics/chicago-to-be-chosen-as-site-for-obamas-presidential-library.html

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1. Well the city had a 50% chance!

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2. I love the symmetry of Lincoln's library, the Great Emancipator, in IL

and Obama's library, the first African America president, in IL.

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3. Seems right.. that's where he did his community organizing and met Michelle.. and he's going back

to community organizing when he's done. Read that today

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Speaking to a group of schoolchildren at the Anacostia Library in Washington, D.C., Obama said he would like to focus on expanding education and economic opportunity after his presidency.

I’ll be done being president in a couple of years and I’ll still be a pretty young man,” he said. “And so I’ll go back to doing the kinds of work I was doing before, just trying to find ways to help people.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/240649-obama-hints-at-return-to-community-organizing

Mahalo greataunt!

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4. Kenya got snubbed.

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5. I was hoping he would choose Hawaii.

It has ties that go way back for him and it's not likely another president will come from that state.

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6. Good for us, good for the city.

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7. i'm psyched.

cant wait. hope i am still healthy enough to be a docent when it is done.