# Barack NOT going to fight for Chicago Olympics?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-not-going-to-fight-for-chicago-olympics/510053>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 14, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-not-going-to-fight-for-chicago-olympics/510053 "2009-09-14T17:42:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![JesmanVA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JesmanVA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JesmanVA)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-not-going-to-fight-for-chicago-olympics/510053/1 "2009-09-14T17:42:12Z")

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Michelle Obama is going on behalf of the US for the 2016 Olympics. While the Spanish King, Brazilian President and Japanese PM are going for their countries… Obama is not going for Chicago??

[http://www.eeekonomy.com/discussion/Without-the-President-is-Chicago-Passing-the-Torch-/40](http://www.eeekonomy.com/discussion/Without-the-President-is-Chicago-Passing-the-Torch-/40)

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-not-going-to-fight-for-chicago-olympics/510053/2 "2009-09-14T18:54:16Z")

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Welcome to the board, **JesmanVA**. We ask that users not cross-post the same topic in multiple forums, so I’m closing this one. [The discussion is continuing in this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=531956)