Here's an interesting article from the Associated Press about the question of visiting Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That's an intriguing issue for me personally. There's no question that I will visit the memorial at Hiroshima while in Japan, and I already feel very emotional about it. I'm glad to hear that Obama wants to visit while in office, something that no sitting President has done before. It's very, very important to me.
Another article from the Washington Post, outlining the President's itinerary.
Finally, from the above article, an interesting bit to ponder, what with all the ridiculous toxicity that still ravages American politics...
"President Obama is enormously popular in all the countries that he's visiting. I haven't seen the latest polls, but the numbers I have seen are staggering," said Jeffrey Bader, senior director for East Asian affairs at the National Security Council.
"When we have someone who has that degree of respect and affection and admiration, the message that he is bringing is much more likely to resonate than when you come in with a five percent approval rating," he said.
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