Nelson Mendela Dies at 95
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They met just once. But Barack Obama looked to Nelson Mandela for inspiration for more than three decades, from a California campus to inner-city Chicago to the White House.
Mandela’s influence stirred Obama to get involved in the fight against apartheid at Occidental College and guided the future president from community organizing to politics, as he sought to affect tangible, lasting change.
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Obama: Nelson Mandela 'Achieved More Than Could Be Expected Of Any Man'
President Barack Obama spoke Thursday on the death of Nelson Mandela, praising the South African leader for having "achieved more than could be expected of any man."
"We've lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with," Obama said. "He no longer belongs to us, he belongs to the ages ... His commitment to transfer power and reconcile with those who jailed him set an example that all humanity should aspire to."
"I am one of the countless millions...
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Nelson Mandela Dies at 95
Nelson Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, has died aged 95.
Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after being hospitalized for three months in a critical state.
His condition deteriorated and he died of complications from the lung infection, with his family by his side.
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