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Source: Financial Times
Chicago : IL : USA | 2 months ago  
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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama speaks in Copenhagen to promote Chicago'...
Even before Chicago was eliminated, critics had lampooned Barack Obama’s trip to Copenhagen as a misplaced exercise in “verbal gymnastics”. But Friday’s embarrassing first-round elimination is likely to cause Mr Obama more problems back home. “I don’t view this as a repudiation...
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