President Obama is in Chicago Friday afternoon. 
Air Force One landed at O’Hare airport just before 11:30 a.m. when the President deplaned and quickly boarded a helicopter to travel to the Argonne National Laboratory in Southwest suburban Lemont.
He toured the Argonne Laboratory before delivering a speech on weaning the nation from oil and gas.
It’s a follow-up to the energy plan he unveiled in his state of the union address.
The President is expected to head back to O’Hare by 1:30pm to return to the White House.
8 Comments to “President in Chicago for tour of Argonne National Laboratory”
March 15, 2013 at 10:17 AM
YEA !!
March 15, 2013 at 12:08 PM
Glad I'm not out driving in the that clusterf**k of traffic a presidential visit creates.
March 15, 2013 at 12:40 PM
Really!! TWO BILLION DOLLARS over ten years. So that's an additional 200 million a year he wants to spend (on a government laboratory) and we can't have White House tours, no Blue Angels at the Air & Water Show, shut down of several FAA Towers, teacher lay-offs (oh yeah my bad not gonna happen) etc. What happened to the sequester?? I thought the sky was falling.
March 15, 2013 at 2:40 PM
Hey Reggie, the sky is falling…the sad thing is …you won't know it until it falls on YOU!!!!
March 15, 2013 at 2:45 PM
How about shutting down Air Force one until 2016. Stop these needless visits.
March 15, 2013 at 4:07 PM
The Thunder Birds & Blue Angels are the best recruiting tool that the Navy & Air Force have ,The Big O don't want to build them up. By the way do you know he is a dumb azz.
March 15, 2013 at 4:38 PM
Was this trip really necessary ? How much did this trip cost tax payers ?
March 16, 2013 at 10:11 AM
Is any of his trips necessary ?