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WATCH LIVE Obama To Deliver Statement On Mandela At 5:20pm ET

by Igor Bobic

12.05.13 | 12:07 pm

President Barack Obama speaks during a World AIDS Day event, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama will deliver a statement on the death of former South African Presdient Nelson Mandela from the White House at 5:20pm ET on Thursday.

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Igor Bobic Igor Bobic is the assistant editor of Talking Points Memo, helping oversee the site's coverage of politics and policy in Washington. While originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Igor feels best at home on the beaches of Southern California. He can be reached at igor@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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