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  "textContent": "Five years after the groundbreaking, the Obama Presidential Center kicked off its opening weekend Thursday with a special ceremony on the Jackson Park campus. The highly anticipated event brought together a wide variety of big names including former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden.\n\nSitting on stage were **Matteo Renzi,** former prime minister of Italy; **Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj,** former president and prime minister of Mongolia; **Justin Trudeau,** former prime minister of Canada; **Angela Merkel,** former chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany; former Vice President **Kamala Harris** and **Douglas Emhoff** ; former President **Bill Clinton** and former Senator **Hillary Rodham Clinton** ; former President **George W. Bush** and former First Lady **Laura Bush** ; former President **Joe Biden** and former First Lady **Jill Biden** ; and **Malia and Sasha Obama,** former First Lady **Michelle Obama** and former President **Barack Obama**.",
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