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Obama’s Sunday marathon: 22 hours, 30 minutes on the stump

By  Sun-Times staff
   
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from the White House pool report….

“….POTUS hotel in Madison reached at 3:15 Central, i.e. 22 hours and 30 minutes after your poolers call time at Joint Base Andrews. Not that we’re counting.

“POTUS getting a few hours of rest before spending a last day on the trail on Monday. And we have a lid. Good end of the night.”

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