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April 6, 2014 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America - Washington, DC..Credit: Mark Reinstein Washington, DC..Credit: Mark Reinstein Washington, DC..Credit: Mark Reinstein Washington, DC..Credit: Mark Reinstein Washington, DC. 10-4-1994.President William Jefferson Clinton greets South African President Nelson Mandela to the White House during an Offical State visit to the United States.. President Clinton welcomed Nelson Mandela to the White House today, saying the South African leader's path from imprisonment in an apartheid state to the presidency of a new democracy is ''proof that the human spirit can never be crushed.''.''You are living proof that the forces of justice and reconciliation can bridge any divide,'' Clinton told Mandela at a formal arrival ceremony marking the South African leader's first visit to Washington as president..Mandela said the victory against apartheid paved the way for a new struggle to improve the lot of a majority of South Africa's people..''We have opened a new battle line to fight against poverty, against hunger, against joblessness, against homelessness, against disease, illiteracy, lack of electricity, of running water, of health care,'' he said to an invited cheering crowd of 4,500..That battle, he said, ''may prove to be a more difficult battle than the fight against apartheid.''.Mandela also paid tribute to the support of black America for black South Africans' long fight for racial equality..''The Afro-Americans never forgot that Africa is their continent,'' he said..Underscoring the main goal of his trip, he made a plea for U.S. investment to rebuild South Africa's economy, which has languished under years of international sanctions against the apartheid system of racial separation..''People of the United States of America, come and invest in our country,'' he said..He said he was confident he would not go home ''with empty hands.''.Credit: Mark Reinstein (Credit Image: © Mark Reinstein via ZUMA Wire)

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April 6, 2014 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America - Washington, DC..Credit: Mark Reinstein Washington, DC..Credit: Mark Reinstein Washington, DC..Credit: Mark Reinstein Washington, DC..Credit: Mark Reinstein Washington, DC. 10-4-1994.President William Jefferson Clinton greets South African President Nelson Mandela to the White House during an Offical State visit to the United States.. President Clinton welcomed Nelson Mandela to the White House today, saying the South African leader's path from imprisonment in an apartheid state to the presidency of a new democracy is ''proof that the human spirit can never be crushed.''.''You are living proof that the forces of justice and reconciliation can bridge any divide,'' Clinton told Mandela at a formal arrival ceremony marking the South African leader's first visit to Washington as president..Mandela said the victory against apartheid paved the way for a new struggle to improve the lot of a majority of South Africa's people..''We have opened a new battle line to fight against poverty, against hunger, against joblessness, against homelessness, against disease, illiteracy, lack of electricity, of running water, of health care,'' he said to an invited cheering crowd of 4,500..That battle, he said, ''may prove to be a more difficult battle than the fight against apartheid.''.Mandela also paid tribute to the support of black America for black South Africans' long fight for racial equality..''The Afro-Americans never forgot that Africa is their continent,'' he said..Underscoring the main goal of his trip, he made a plea for U.S. investment to rebuild South Africa's economy, which has languished under years of international sanctions against the apartheid system of racial separation..''People of the United States of America, come and invest in our country,'' he said..He said he was confident he would not go home ''with empty hands.''.Credit: Mark Reinstein (Credit Image: © Mark Reinstein via ZUMA Wire)