Published 1/5/2009
by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart
at CNN Political Ticker
President-elect Obama told reporters he got a little emotion Sunday as he left Chicago to move to Washington.
(CNN) – President-elect Barack Obama showed a little of his softer side as he said his goodbyes to Chicago, the city that launched his political career, and headed to Washington to join his wife and two daughters.
“I choked [...]
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