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U.S. President Barack Obama regards the former anti-apartheid campaigner and longtime political prisoner as a "personal hero," but the White House stressed it would respect "whatever the Mandela family deems appropriate" regarding a possible visit to the bedside of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela
www.rferl.orgThe US President calls the South African leader an "influential, courageous and profoundly good man" whose life "moved us all".
news.sky.comNot much could overshadow the first extended trip to Africa by the first black president of the United States.
www.thestate.comObama met Mandela only once in person, during a meeting in Washington in 2005.
abcnews.go.comPresident Obama leads tributes to former South African leader who 'achieved more than any man can ever hope to achieve'
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