PRESIDENT OBAMA
BOB RUCKER
OCTOBER 1, 2009

     TOMORROW THE WORLD WILL FINALLY FIND OUT WHO'S GETTING THE 2016

SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES.

     THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, OR I-O-C, IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE

THE LONG AWAITED ANNOUNCEMENT FRIDAY MORNING BETWEEN NINE AND TEN

ON THE WEST COAST.

      IN THE LAST 24-HOURS, SOME HEAVY HITTERS WORLDWIDE HAVE COME OUT

AND PERSONALLY LOBBY THE I-O-C IN DENMARK FOR THE GAMES.

     PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA, TALK SHOW SUPERSTAR OPRAH WINFREY

AND MAYOR RICHARD DALEY HAVE LED THE EFFORT FOR CHICAGO'S BID.

     NOT TO BE OUTDONE, POLITICAL LEADERS REPRESENTING THE OTHER

FINALISTS, TOKYO, MADRID AND RIO DE JANEIRO HAVE ALSO MET WITH OLYMPIC

OFFICIALS TRYING TO PERSUADE THEM TO CHOICE THEIR CITIES.

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