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U.S. President Barack Obama has hailed Nelson Mandela as a inspiration while on a visit to South Africa. Mr Obama declined to visit Mr Mandela to the former South African president's health. A White House statement explained: "Out of deference to Nelson Mandela's and comfort and the family's wishes, [the Obamas] will not be visiting the hospital." Obama made it to reporters on Air Force One that he had no of putting Mr Mandela's health any further at , saying: "I don't need a photo ….The last thing I want to do is to be in any obtrusive at a time when the family is about Nelson Mandela's condition."

President Obama called Mandela a "personal " and that Mandela's sacrifices to achieve equal helped inspire his own career. While flying to South Africa, Obama told reporters: "The message we'll want to deliver…is simply a gratitude for his leadership all these years, and that the thoughts and of the American people are with him and his family and his country." Obama later told university students in Pretoria to learn from Mandela's strength while he was in for 27 years. He said: "Think about the hardships and the and being away from family and friends. There were dark moments that tested his faith in , but he refused to give up."

 
 

 

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