Why didn't Sasha Obama join her family in Chicago for farewell address?
It was one of the more emotional moments of President Barack Obama's farewell address. When his family joined Obama on the stage, at the close of his farewell speech, they held hands and waved at the audience, creating an image of the family that mirrored a similar one from more than eight years ago, at Obama's victory rally in the same city. But one member of the family was missing: the younger first daughter, Sasha. And immediately, the Internet noticed. People tweeted in confusion, wondering where the teenager might be. What could possibly be more important than seeing her father's parting address? They asked and hypothesized. Soon enough, the answer arrived. She had an exam at school Wednesday morning, a White House official told CBS News. While her family travelled to Chicago, Sasha stayed back in Washington, D.C. The 15-year-old attends Sidwell Friends, a highly selective school in the nation's capital. On the school's website, a schedule for the Upper Scho...