President Obama speaking about the economy in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama will become the first US president to visit atomic bomb-struck Hiroshima during a trip to Hiroshima later this month, the White House said May 11, 2016. “The President will make an historic visit to Hiroshima with Prime Minister (Shinzo) Abe to highlight his continued commitment to pursuing the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons,” said spokesman Josh Earnest. (Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images)
Re: Eager to heal old wounds, Obama to visit Hiroshima, May 11 news story.
After President Obama visits Hiroshima, I think it would be appropriate for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to accompany him at least partway home and place a wreath on the water above the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor.
Richard McMahan, Fort Collins
This letter was published in the May 13 edition.
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