Obama Visits Hiroshima With Disarmament Goals in Doubt
- Trip is first to nuclear bombing site by a U.S. president
- Japan’s Abe to accompany Obama to Hiroshima memorial dome
A woman pays respects at the arch inside Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. Making his final trip to Japan as president, Obama will pay his respects to the tens of thousands of Japanese killed by U.S. atomic weapons.
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Nearly 71 years after U.S. forces dropped a devastating nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, President Barack Obama on Friday will become the first American leader to set foot on the soil where so many people died.
Making his final trip to Japan as president, Obama has begun paying his respects to the tens of thousands of Japanese killed by U.S. atomic weapons.