POLITICO: The Barack Obama presidential library will be built in his adopted hometown of Chicago, the Barack Obama Foundation announced in a video message posted online Tuesday.
A bid by the University of Chicago, which Obama taught constitutional law before turning to politics, beat out rival proposals from Hawaii and New York to host the location of Obama’s presidential archives and museum.
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The South Side location — in the Hyde Park neighborhood Obama represented as a state senator hosted by the school where he taught law — had long seemed like the obvious favorite. Obama’s motorcade even took a detour to drive by the area during his last trip to Chicago in February, and the local papers have been reporting that the choice was a fait accompli… (more)
