President Barack Obama returns to Chicago on Tuesday to deliver his farewell address. Jason DeSanto, a senior lecturer at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, joins us to discuss the purpose of these speeches, memorable words from past presidents and what Obama may touch upon at the highly anticipated McCormick Place event.
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