Obama hauls in $5 million in 5 Friday fund-raisers

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CHICAGO–President Obama headlined five fund-raisers on Friday–two in hometown Chicago and three more in Atlanta with Tyler Perry and Cee Lo Green.

Obama, I have learned, raised about $2 million in Chicago and $3 million from the Atlanta events.

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