Many of the people surrounding Barack Obama fit into more than one part of his life. Some of his Hyde Park neighbors were also active in politics, and some of the Washington insiders that advise his campaign he knew from law school or through friends in Chicago.
GRAPHIC: Shailagh Murray, Cristina Rivero and Karen Yourish, The Washington Post - July 14, 2008
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In Obama's Circle, Chicago Remains The Tie That Binds Article | For once, Barack Obama left his iPod and stack of news clips at his seat and worked the front cabin of his campaign's chartered plane, laughing and reminiscing with the people who know him best.