http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/08/obama.egypt/WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama will deliver a speech June 4 in Egypt on America's relationship with the Muslim world, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs announced Friday.
Egypt is "a country that in many ways represents the heart of the Arab world," Gibbs said.
Obama chose Turkey, a more secular state, as the site of his first presidential speech to a Muslim majority nation, on April 6. He told the Turkish legislature in Ankara that the "United States is not and will never be at war with Islam."
Obama will follow his visit to Egypt with a trip to the remains of the Buchenwald concentration camp in Dresden, Germany, on June 5. He is then scheduled to take part in ceremonies commemorating the 65th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy, France.
Obama to address Muslim relations in Egypt
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LauritaK |
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Posts: 55927 (05/29/2009 11:17 PM) Best Current Events
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On NPR they said people were having block parties in anticipation.
Any official work on Michelle in Paris this June? A little birdie told me a trip was planned |
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Posts: 108392 (06/04/2009 8:28 AM) JC Fanatic '03
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It was a good speech. But I did lulz at the applause from the audience every time the Koran was mentioned or quoted
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Posts: 8273 (06/04/2009 1:57 PM) |
LisaChasez wrote:Why is that funny? I thought it was a good speech. I've read that most Muslim nations responded well to the speech. |
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Posts: 108427 (06/04/2009 3:16 PM) JC Fanatic '03
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It just seems an odd thing to applaud.
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LauritaK |
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Posts: 56058 (06/04/2009 9:03 PM) Best Current Events
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It was amazing. When he said "...where Islam was revealed..." I was like damn, he gets it.
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Posts: 1502 (06/06/2009 12:53 PM) |
LisaChasez wrote: Its more of an odd thing to "lulz" at. Good speech. |
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Posts: 108498 (06/09/2009 9:07 AM) JC Fanatic '03
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oh don't be so sensitive
I would lulz if people applauded mentions of the Bible
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