Tag result for article published on Mon March 05 2012 7:33 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago, G-8, G-8 Summit, NATO, NATO summit, White House
A surprise announcement from the White House today that the G-8 Summit will be held at Camp David, instead of the City of Chicago. World leaders are still expected for the May 20-21 NATO meeting, including most of the Group of Eight leaders who will meet in Camp David earlier the same weekend. “We wish [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed February 15 2012 6:57 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago Police Department, G-8 Summit, G-8 Summit Chicago, NATO summit, NATO Summit Chicago
At the request of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, the City of Chicago has purchased over $190,000 in state-of-the-art helmet shields in anticipation of protests related to the combined summit schedules of G-8 and NATO. The only other time the summits have met simultaneously was in London in 1977. Police are concerned with officers [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu June 23 2011 8:16 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: G-8 Summit, G-8 Summit Chicago, NATO summit, NATO Summit Chicago
Both the NATO summit and the G8 summit are scheduled to be held in May 2012 in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is reported to have lobbied President Barack Obama, hard to get the summit in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is hoping to get private donors to help supplement the city’s resources for a huge security [...]
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