Statement by the President and Mrs. Obama on Nelson Mandela International Day, 2013

 

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013.

On behalf of our family and the people of the United States, Michelle and I extend our warmest wishes and prayers to Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his 95th birthday, as well as to Graça Machel, the Mandela family, and the government and people of South Africa as they mark the fifth annual Nelson Mandela International Day.   Our family was deeply moved by our visit to Madiba’s former cell…