1.0link145506<![CDATA[Obama Makes Video Pitch For Chicago Olympics]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/21/obama-makes-video-pitch-f_n_145506.htmlISTANBUL, Turkey — Chicago presented its 2016 Olympics bid to a key international audience Friday with a powerful endorsement from its highest-profile supporter in America: President-elect Barack Obama.
Obama made a personal appeal for the Olympics to come to his home city in a taped video message played to the general assembly of European Olympic Committees, the largest regional group in the Olympic movement.