For Obama, No Payoff From Gamble of a Personal Pitch
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 3rd, 2009 4:33 am by HL
For Obama, No Payoff From Gamble of a Personal Pitch
From the beginning, it was a gamble. When President Obama decided to lend the prestige of his office and his charisma to Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, the hope was that a personal appeal from the leader of the United States would guarantee success for his adopted home town.
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A brief meeting between President Obama and his top general in Afghanistan on Friday offered the commander in chief an opportunity to question directly the dire assessment of the war effort there, officials said.
