President Obama and First Lady Michelle invited family and close Chicago friends to Thursday's Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies in Oslo. Also traveling with the president are top advisors Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel did not accompany the president to Oslo.
The group: half sister Maya Soetoro-Ng and her husband, Konrad Ng plus Chicago pals Marty Nesbit and his wife, Anita Blanchard and Eric and Cheryl Whitaker
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