The truth is that since the US Congress passed the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act, (which recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s “undivided capital”), US presidential candidates including Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Barrack Obama had made moving the US capital to Jerusalem a campaign issue. None delivered. Trump, who came to power on a wave of right wing nationalism, wanted to convince his base and the Jewish lobby that he is not all rhetoric.
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The agency said its report was based on disclosures by three current and four former US officials
Trump, noting he had never met Obama, calls him a good man and said the two had discussed both “wonderful” things and the “difficult” challenges the country faces
Obama also called Hillary Clinton and “expressed admiration for the strong campaign she waged throughout the country
Clinton’s rival, Bernie Sanders, met with Obama at the White House earlier on Thursday about the path forward for his campaign
Spokeswoman, Marie Harf, said, however, that the February 14 presidential election should go ahead in spite of the violence, which has forced about 20,000 Nigerians to flee to neighbouring countries in recent weeks
The Obama administration is ramping up its response to West Africa’s Ebola crisis, preparing to assign 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the afflicted region to supply medical and logistical support to overwhelmed local health care systems and to boost the number of beds needed to isolate and treat victims of the epidemic.
According to a statement issued by the White House, Obama made the announcement at the US-Africa Business Summit in Washington D.C
The statement reads” “President Obama and the First Lady look forward to traveling to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania from June 26 – July 3