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Michelle .. halted private-jet traffic at Aspen airport as she landed for a weekend of skiing while President Obama headed to California. ... Mrs. Obama’s arrival amid tight security was expected to delay the arrival of other wealthy vacationers on private jets at the Colorado ski resort. One source said, “Some of those heading into Aspen were whining that they’re shutting the airport for an hour so nobody can get in on their private jets on a high travel day.” The weather in New York and in Aspen caused further delays ... Aspen airport’s director of aviation, Jim Elwood, declined...

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on May 31, 2012 against the United States Air Force and the United States Secret Service to obtain records detailing Michelle Obama's February 2012 President's Day weekend ski vacation to Aspen, Colorado with her two daughters... Judicial Watch seeks access to any and all records concerning the mission taskings, transportation costs and passenger manifests for Mrs. Obama's February 2012 trip to Aspen, Colorado. ... the Aspen trip was the 16th vacation in three years taken by...

On a day when White House hopeful Barack Obama launched a website to fight internet rumors, he warned some of his most generous supporters in Chicago the attacks may get worse as the election approaches and he'll continue to need their money. “They're going to try to make me into a scary guy,” Obama told a crowd of about 90 supporters at an elegant private home in Lincoln Park. “They’re even trying to make Michelle into a scary person.” Obama thanked one of his supporters at the event, former advertising executive Rick Fizdale, for spelling out his nametag as “Rick...

The Chicago area Obama fund-raising elite gather Thursday at 5:45 p.m. at the home of Sara and James Hal for a high dollar fund-raising “special reception” with presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). The $28,500 per-person event benefits the Democratic White House Victory Fund. The hosts are the Illinois Finance Co-Chairs Jim Crown and John W. Rogers Jr. After that, Obama heads to the near West Side home of of Leah Missbach Day and F.K. Day for a 7:15 p.m. reception for his “Obama for America” warchest where donors are asked to give or raise $2,300. The co-hosts are...