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Liberian President Meets With President Obama

   VOA News 27 May 2010
   US  President  Obama and his Liberia counterpart Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
   meet in the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., 27 May 2010

Photo: VOA - D. Robinson

   US  President  Obama and his Liberia counterpart Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
   meet in the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., 27 May 2010

   U.S.  President  Barack  Obama  is  meeting  at  the  White House with
   visiting Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
   She  met earlier in the day with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to
   discuss elections next year in the West African nation.
   In  a statement after their talks Wednesday, Clinton said the two also
   discussed Liberia's effort to implement judicial and police reforms as
   well as to fight official corruption.
   She  said  the  United  States  is a partner with Liberia in promoting
   democracy and good governance.
   The  West  African country is trying to rebuild following back-to-back
   civil wars from 1989 to 2003.
   Liberia  has  historically had close ties to the United States. It was
   founded by freed American slaves in the 1800s.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.

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