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Politics : President Barack Obama

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From: tejek12/10/2013 12:27:54 PM
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News from The Hill:

Obama calls Mandela 'the last great liberator of the 20th century'

By Amie Parnes

President Obama at a memorial on Tuesday in South Africa called the late Nelson Mandela "the last great liberator of the 20th century" who "earned his place in history through struggle and shrewdness" along with "persistence and faith."

Under a rainy sky at the start of summer in South Africa, Obama honored the nation's first black president and anti-apartheid leader, who was a source of inspiration in Obama's adult life.

He likened the late leader to Ghandi and Martin Luther King, Jr. and said he "speaks to what is best inside us."



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