CHICAGO – In response to Valerie Jarrett's op-ed published on Illinois Review Wednesday, Illinois Review editor Fran Eaton tweeted her memory of Obama's Springfield announcement nine years ago with the hashtag #WhereWereYou as requested by Ms. Jarrett.
We're thinking the president's senior advisor misunderstood when she retweeted the #WhereWereYou memory. What do you think?
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