Jul 10th, 2009 - Yahoo! News
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L'AQUILA, Italy – President Barack Obama is ending three days of often-wonkish policy discussions with fellow world leaders to embark on two of the most photogenic and emotional events of his young presidency: meeting the pope at the Vatican and becoming the first black American president to visit a mostly black African country.
He was throwing in a televised news conference from Italy for good measure.
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