WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration is expected to draw 1 million-plus to the capital, and already some lawmakers have stopped taking ticket requests and hotels have booked up….

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Source: [b]Associated Press[/b]

[b]Crowd of 1 million could attend Obama inauguration[/b]

By BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press Writer

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Dan Riehl notes, via Amanda Carpenter, that in the list of earmarks he requested, $1 Million was requested for the construction of a new hospital pavilion at the University Of Chicago. The request was put in in 2006.
You know who works for the University of Chicago Hospital?
Michelle Obama. She’s vice president of community affairs.
As Byron [...]

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