President Obama To Visit Hiroshima On May 27

New York Times: Obama to Be First Sitting President to Visit Hiroshima

WASHINGTON — President Obama will become the first sitting American president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, the White House announced on Tuesday, making a fraught stop this month at the site where the United States used an atomic bomb at the end of World War II.

The visit, hotly debated within the White House for months as the president planned his coming trip to Vietnam and Japan, carries weighty symbolism for Mr. Obama, who is loath to be seen as apologizing for that chapter in American history.

“He will not revisit the decision to use the atomic bomb at the end of World War II,” Benjamin J. Rhodes, his deputy national security adviser for strategic communication, said in a blog post on Medium. “Instead, he will offer a forward-looking vision focused on our shared future.”

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WNU Editor: Did I call this one right .... More Talk On President Obama Visiting Hiroshima Or Nagasaki This Summer (May 9, 2016) .... and the media (as expected) are lapping it up.

More News On President Obama Visiting Hiroshima On May 27

Obama to make historic visit to Hiroshima -- Washington Post
Obama to visit Hiroshima as part of Japan trip -- AP
Obama to make historic Hiroshima visit, highlight nuclear security -- Reuters
Obama to visit Hiroshima to promote nuke-free world -- USA Today
No apology expected during Obama’s upcoming visit to Hiroshima -- Washington Times
Obama to Become First Sitting US President to Visit Hiroshima -- ABC News
President Obama to Make Historic Visit to Hiroshima -- NBC
Obama to Visit Hiroshima Seven Decades After Atomic Bomb Dropped -- Bloomberg
In Historic Step, Obama To Visit Hiroshima Later This Month -- NPR
A Historic Presidential Visit to Hiroshima -- Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic
A Look at Whether Obama Should Visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- ABC News