An excerpt from Scott Grafton's Obama '08 blog post:
I met Barack Obama last August, when I accompanied him on a 5-nation, 15-day tour of Africa.In Kenya we met with President Mwai Kibaki. Kenya has a history of difficulties with government corruption. It would have been easy for Senator Obama to stay on the edges of the conversation and not push any controversial issues. After all, he was a relatively new U.S. Senator.But Senator Obama didn’t do that. His broad life experience has given him courage and judgment beyond what we might expect.Senator Obama looked President Kibaki in the eye, and with a respectful but forceful tone, urged him to work on the issues that are keeping Kenya from progressing as a nation.It was an incredible thing to watch. It was also very instructive and told me a lot about his character and courage.
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