President Obama: Nelson Mandela "Freed Not Just the Prisoner, But the Jailer as Well"
December 10, 2013
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12:56Now PlayingPresident Obama: Nelson Mandela "Freed Not Just the Prisoner, But the Jailer as Well"
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as posted by the channelTens of thousands gathered at the FNP Stadium in Soweto near Johannesburg today for a memorial to honor Nelson Mandela, who died last week at the age of 95. Nearly 100 heads of state traveled to South Africa for the memorial, including President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro. Mandela's body will then lie in state for three days at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, where he was sworn in as president in 1994. He will be buried on Sunday in Qunu, his ancestral home. We begin our coverage of the memorial with President Obama's address. "It took a man like Madiba to free not just the prisoner, but the jailer as well," Obama said. "While I will always fall short of Madiba's example, he makes me want to be a better man."
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