Obama shifts location of G-8 summit from hometown of Chicago to his Camp David retreat

By Associated Press, Published: March 5

WASHINGTON — The White House abruptly announced Monday that it had scuttled plans to hold the upcoming G-8 economic summit in Chicago, and would instead host world leaders at the presidential retreat at Camp David in Maryland.

It was an unusually late location change for a large and highly scripted international summit and came with little explanation from the White House. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel — the former White House chief of staff who personally lobbied President Barack Obama to hold the summit in Chicago — was informed only hours before the official announcement.

Obama shifts location of G-8 summit from hometown of Chicago to his Camp David retreat