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              Obama to Make First Presidential Visit to Hiroshima

   by VOA News

   President Barack Obama will travel to Hiroshima, Japan, later this
   month, the White House announced Tuesday, in the first such visit by a
   sitting U.S. president.

   Hiroshima was devastated when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on it,
   leading to the end of World War II. The bombing of Hiroshima resulted
   in the deaths of about 140,000 people.  Three days later, the U.S.
   dropped a second bomb on the Japanese port city of Nagasaki, killing
   about 70,000 people.

   A White House statement said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will
   accompany Obama during the visit to highlight the U.S. president's
   "continued commitment to pursuing the peace and security or a world
   without nuclear weapons.

   ''Obama will be in Japan to attend the G7 economic summit.  He will
   also visit Vietnam during the trip from May 21-18.




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