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Obama Hosts Africa Summit With an Eye on Legacy
ABC News ^ | August 2, 2014 | By JULIE PACE

Posted on 08/02/2014 7:00:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

President Barack Obama is gathering nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington for an unprecedented summit aimed in part at building his legacy on a continent where his commitment has been questioned.

From the start of his presidency, Obama has faced sky-high expectations from African leaders and U.S. policymakers who hoped the son of a Kenyan would bump Africa up the White House list of foreign policy priorities.

Unlike his predecessor George W. Bush, who launched a $15 billion program to address HIV and AIDS, Obama seemed to be lacking a signature Africa initiative. And his administration's focus turned instead to the Arab Spring movement sweeping through the Middle East, a heavily promoted rebalance toward Asia and a slew of pressing security concerns.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: africa; africaleaderssummit; arabspring; ebolaoutbreak; failure; legacy; obama; obamalegacy

1 posted on 08/02/2014 7:00:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe with this conference, his legacy will be bringing Ebola to America.


2 posted on 08/02/2014 7:01:44 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
in part at building his legacy

He already has a legacy...and it isn't good.


3 posted on 08/02/2014 7:02:08 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Forgive but don't forget)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well, maybe like moochelle, the blood of Africa runs through his veins. Er, pretty much bettin’ it ain’t the blood of America.


4 posted on 08/02/2014 7:02:11 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
President Barack Obama is gathering nearly 50 African heads of state [ . . . ] aimed in part at building his legacy

Sez who?
5 posted on 08/02/2014 7:02:56 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Right. Bring in 50 heads of state, their entourages, their bodyguards, their press secretaries, etc. etc.—some of whom are from West African ebola-infected states.

And have JUST ONE of them cough, sneeze, or spit, in the wrong area, and presto, IT’S HERE.

Plague threats shouldn’t make you cautious, they should fill you with TERROR, and you should react accordingly.

(That is, NOT by inviting potential carriers to tea...)


6 posted on 08/02/2014 7:03:32 AM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hah! Africa schmafrica. Obama is akin to a white leftist. He fears and hates black people.


7 posted on 08/02/2014 7:03:55 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: CondorFlight

And btw, who’s paying for fifty heads of state to come and stay in DC (along with their entourages)?

The bankrupt USA?


8 posted on 08/02/2014 7:04:27 AM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: fhayek
>> Maybe with this conference, his legacy will be bringing Ebola to America The White House.
9 posted on 08/02/2014 7:04:51 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So what’s with this? He wants his legacy to be how he reached out to sub Saharan Africa?

What about his outreach to the Muslim world? His big Cairo speech? Wasn’t that supposed to help him build a legacy with America’s relations in the Arab/Muslim world? How is that one working out?

Will this outreach to Africa have any different results?


10 posted on 08/02/2014 7:13:11 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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11 posted on 08/02/2014 7:15:19 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

A few days ago, Hillary talked about how admired George W. Bush was in Africa for the work he did for AIDS. Somehow this got back to Obama and he is jealous and wants to be admired by Africa like Bush, so this event.


12 posted on 08/02/2014 7:17:30 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

But Obama does not identify himself as an African black. He identifies himself as an African Arab/muslim. He cares not one whit about black Africans. Obama’s ancestors sold black Africans - still do today.


13 posted on 08/02/2014 7:29:47 AM PDT by abclily
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is this the “summit” where he agrees to let all the diseased Africans who want to come to AmeriKa and watch flat screen TV and play soccer?


14 posted on 08/02/2014 7:46:58 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Obama will be asking these 50 African Leaders on Tips about how to Rule , I mean Govern


15 posted on 08/02/2014 7:52:24 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

With an Eye on Legacy
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It didn’t work out so well with convicted terrorist Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman.


16 posted on 08/02/2014 8:20:11 AM PDT by RetSignman (obama: "For the love of Alinsky, how much more do I have to do to get them to impeach me"?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He already has his legacy as a born African poser who is on his way to turning this country into a mirror of his African craphole homeland.

FUBO & FAD


17 posted on 08/02/2014 8:50:13 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

All they need to bring with them is a small vial of ebola infected blood.


18 posted on 08/02/2014 9:04:50 AM PDT by windcliff
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Here it comes, Reperations for Slavery.


19 posted on 08/02/2014 10:02:01 AM PDT by Zathras
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