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| Obama under fire for taking Chicago |
| Obama under fire for taking Chicago’s Olympic bid trip
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 5-October-2009
2:54:57 AM |
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Democrats and Republicans have both criticised President Barack Obama over his high-risk decision to fly to Copenhagen to support the Olympic bid of his home town, Chicago.
According to The Telegraph, Obama left Washington last night amid the private misgivings of fellow Democrats that he might squander more of his diminishing political capital on a failed effort. The Republicans have questioned the value of the 24-hour mission with debates raging at home on the economy, health care and Afghanistan.
It will be the first time a US president has appeared before the International Olympic Committee to lobby for an Olympics. Obama hoped to emulate Tony Blair, who helped London win the 2012 Olympics by travelling to Singapore for two days of meetings with IOC members, and Russia's Vladimir Putin who went to Guatemala to lobby in support of Sochi's bid for the 2014 Winter Games.
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