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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 28, 2016

Page

3

Obama visits Hiroshima first sitting U.S. president at atomic site

In Hiroshima Obama faces nuclear legacy in a somber visit as the first sitting U.S. president to tour the site of the 1945 atomic bombing. He warns that technological progress must be matched by human progress and calls for a world without nuclear weapons while reflecting on history and the hibakusha.

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Hiroshima survivor recalls Truman meeting after atomic bombing

Hiromu Morishita, an 85 year old Hiroshima survivor, recalls meeting Harry Truman in Missouri in May 1964. He says Truman defended the bomb as necessary to end World War II and end the war. Morishita says Obama’s 2009 Prague speech echoed a moral responsibility.

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear legacy and Obama visit

The article recalls the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with death tolls and Japan's surrender, then notes President Obama’s Hiroshima visit as a step toward reconciliation. It also covers Sarah Palin’s critique of Obama’s trip at a San Diego rally referencing veterans.

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