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CHICAGO — When President-elect Barack Obama heads home for a break from the White House, he won’t go to a sprawling ranch or private seaside compound.

Obama will come back to a crowded city neighborhood, creating different security challenges for the Secret Service and perhaps headaches for his neighbors.

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Last week, Congress departed from Washington after refusing to bail out the Big Three auto manufacturers.

This week, all eyes are on Obama. What will his policy be toward Detroit — meaning the huge auto industry that provides a living for hundreds of thousands of Americans; and, also, the troubled Black metropolis that has always been tied to the health of that industry?

Some important reading…

From the mainstream Associated Press: AXELROD WARNS AUTOMAKERS TO RETOOL

From the Black newspaper, the Michigan Chronicle: OBAMA MUST ACT SWIFTLY TO SAVE JOBS, FAMILIES.

Obama senior adviser David Axelrod warned U.S. automakers, seeking billions in government help to stave off collapse, to devise a plan to retool and restructure. Otherwise, he said, “there is very little taxpayers can do to help them.”

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From Bankole Thompson at the Michigan Chronicle:

“It’s 3 a.m. and Detroit is calling, not because there is a security emergency, but because there is an economic emergency. It is imperative that Washington picks up the phone.”
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