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Obama Uncertain About Visit With Nelson Mandela
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Barack Obama, in the midst of an historic tour of Africa, says he isn’t certain about whether he’ll be able to visit gravely ill Nelson Mandela when he arrives in South Africa.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Dakar, Senegal to Johannesburg, Obama said, “We’ll see what the situation is when we land.”
Obama adds, quote, “I don’t need a photo op and the last thing I want to do is to be in any way obtrusive at a time when the family is concerned with Nelson Mandela’s condition.”
Obama said, “I think the main message we’ll want to deliver, if not directly to him, but to his family, is simply profound gratitude for his leadership.” Mandela is a former president of South Africa.
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visit with mandela?
June 28, 2013 at 7:15 pm
Where are barak and mandela visiting?
mwansa
June 28, 2013 at 7:23 pm
Good. Yo entourage and presence can cause a lot of harm than good despite yo good intentions
one coin
June 28, 2013 at 7:28 pm
Nelson mandela chi-kala haz already died.
UMUZEDIAN
June 29, 2013 at 9:13 am
are u normal?
Red indian
June 28, 2013 at 8:23 pm
May the government come in, to day 28/06/13 business men in lusaka have alredy stopped receiving old currence
BIGG WIZA
June 28, 2013 at 9:58 pm
Zed Social media has really thrown away journalistic morals by reporting what ever they come across hence distorting the truth and this is very disheartening. There is nothing Uncertain about Barak visiting Mandela…….it was already stated that he WILL not visit TATA while he is here in South Africa and the reason is obvious………His trip to the hospital will cause major chaos with the reporters already camping there.
XXX
June 29, 2013 at 1:26 pm
@one coin a full *****