Obama plans Iowa trip

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100917/NEWS01/709179885/100323#obama-plans-iowa-trip

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The White House is announcing that President Barack Obama will visit Iowa and two other states in late September as part of his effort to focus attention on what the administration is doing for middle class families.

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President Barack Obama smiles as he holds up copies of Karl Rove and Mitt Romney's books as he makes an unannounced stop at Prairie Lights book shop during a visit to Iowa City in March.


The White House announced Friday that Obama would hold an event Sept. 29 in Des Moines. He also plans a stop that day in Richmond, Va., and will visit Albuquerque, N.M., on Sept. 28.

An aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the trip haven't been announced, says the Des Moines event will likely have an informal backyard setting, similar to an event Obama held earlier this week in Virginia.

In returning to Iowa, Obama will again touch base with the state where he won the nation's first caucus, giving him a big boost in his 2008 campaign for the White House.