NEW : `` I could not be prouder of my hometown of Chicago , '' Obama says . `` I do n't know how this is anything but really embarrassing , '' GOP strategist says . Any time this president has a chance to go and promote the interests of this country and promote the interests of a city or a state within this country on something of this magnitude , he 's going to take that opportunity , '' he said . Critics had questioned whether Obama should make trip , given his full plate . TL;DR President Barack Obama's visit to the city where he grew up and spent
NEW : `` I could not be prouder of my hometown of Chicago , '' Obama says . `` I do n't know how this is anything but really embarrassing , '' GOP strategist says . Critics had questioned whether Obama should make trip , given his full plate . TL;DR President Barack Obama's visit to the city where he grew up and spent