Magic Johnson, Tom Hanks Join Obama on Cash-Grabbing Trip
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Standing beneath an Alexander Calder mobile in an atrium filled with modern art, President Barack Obama said he’d like to “roam around a bit and check stuff out” in the home of former Microsoft executive Jon Shirley.
This was no social visit, though. It was business. Obama had flown to Seattle to thank the 63 people who’d paid a $16,200 per-plate admission to Shirley’s museum-like home overlooking Lake Washington.