With the President and First Lady in Chicago for the high-profile wedding of White House aide Valerie Jarrett’s daughter, national scrutiny has been directed at the alarming level of homicides in the Windy City. Chicago columnists have pointed out that the murder rate in Chicago is far greater than the number of American soldiers killed [...]
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