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Harry Truman’s Grandson Visits Hiroshima for Ceremony; 1st Member of Truman Family to Do So

TOKYO (AP) — A grandson of ex-U.S. President Harry Truman, who ordered the atomic bombings of Japan during World War II, is in Hiroshima to attend a memorial service for the victims.

Clifton Truman Daniel visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Saturday and laid a wreath for the 140,000 people killed by the Aug. 6, 1945, bombing authorized by his grandfather. Another atomic blast in Nagasaki three days later killed 70,000 more.

“I think this cenotaph says it all — to honor the dead to not forget and to make sure that we never let this happen again,” Daniel said after offering a silent prayer.

Daniel is in Japan to attend ceremonies next week in Hiroshima and Nagasaki marking the 67th anniversary of the bombings. His visit, the first by a member of the Truman family, is sponsored by the peace group Sadako Legacy, named after Sadako Sasaki, an A-bomb victim who died of leukemia at age 12. While in the hospital, Sadako folded hundreds of paper cranes after hearing a legend that people who make 1,000 origami cranes can be granted a wish. Origami cranes have since become a symbol of peace.

Daniel met Sadako’s 71-year-old brother, Masahiro Sasaki, who survived the bombing, at a peace event in New York in 2010. They agreed to work together to deepen understanding between the two countries, which are still divided over the question of the legitimacy of the atomic attacks.

for more: http://news.yahoo.com/truman-grandson-visits-hiroshima-bomb-memorial-123905648.html

TOTUS Acts up again at MIT

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/10/23/obama_has_teleprompter_trouble_during_mit_speech.html

Nuclear Energy is OK for Iran, but Obama wants the US to use Windmills and Rivers!

     On the eve of his second Apology Tour, Pres. Barack Obama was interviewed by the BBC, and in the interview, while he condemns the Iranian nuclear weapon program, he does say that Iran should have a nuclear energy program. Meanwhile, the Obama energy initiatives here at home are geared at “windmills” and “rivers”, with minimal thought given t increasing our nuclear program.

Obama Acknowledges Iran’s Right to Nuclear Energy

U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday expressed support for Iran’s civilian nuclear power ambitions while calling on the Middle Eastern state to abandon activities that could contribute to nuclear weapons development, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, June 2).

“Without going into specifics, what I do believe is that Iran has legitimate energy concerns, legitimate aspirations. On the other hand, the international community has a very real interest in preventing a nuclear arms race in the region,” Obama told the BBC.

For full story: http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20090603_5010.php