Barack Obama on Friday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, where he called for a "world without nuclear weapons" during his remarks at the city's Peace Memorial Park.

Obama said that "71 years ago on a bright, cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed."

"A flash of light and a wall of fire destroyed a city, and demonstrated that mankind possessed the means to destroy itself," the President added during his address at the site of the first nuclear bombing.

Obama was not expected to apologize for the U.S. action to hasten the end of World War II and he did not during his 20-minute-long remarks.

"Why do we come to this place, to Hiroshima? We come to ponder the terrible forces unleashed in the not so distant past. We come to mourn the dead ... their souls speak to us and ask us to look inward. To take stock of who we are and what we might become."

In the Hiroshima museum's guest book before his speech, the President wrote that he hoped the world will "find the courage, together, to spread peace, and pursue a world without nuclear weapons.‎"

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That's an example of a good leader

not the one from my own country

Wants a world without nuclear weapons but has spent over a billion dollars developing a new generation of nuclear bombs - and shipped it to Europe. Ok na

NairaMinted:
Wants a world without nuclear weapons but has spent over a billion dollars developing a new generation of nuclear bombs - and shipped it to Europe. Ok na

hmmmmm

I so love this man

O-bomber is a disgrace to the black man and to kenyans in particular. This nobel prize winner who's in love with gays,transgenders and queer people should bury his head in shame, having destroyed the lives of millions all over the world the hypocrite wants to create a legacy as a peace maker. Smdh.

NairaMinted:
Wants a world without nuclear weapons but has spent over a billion dollars developing a new generation of nuclear bombs - and shipped it to Europe. Ok na

missy89 what's your say on this? does Obama really wishes to ensure the world is nuclear free, or is this is stunt to hide the truth that his country almost annihilated japan

seagulsntrawler:
O-bomber is a disgrace to the black man and to kenyans in particular. This nobel prize winner who's in love with gays,transgenders and queer people should bury his head in shame, having destroyed the lives of millions all over the world the hypocrite wants to create a legacy as a peace maker. Smdh.

True talk bro