Obama, Bush to meet in Tanzania

[July 01, 2013]  DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush will meet while both leaders are in Tanzania.

On Tuesday, the two leaders will join in a wreath-laying ceremony at the U.S. Embassy at  Dar es Salaam (dahr ehs sah-LAHM') in memory of 11 people killed there in a 1998 bombing. They'll also meet with embassy staff.

Obama arrived in Tanzania on Monday on the final leg of his three-country tour of Africa. His Republican predecessor coincidentally also plans to be there for a conference on African women organized by the George W. Bush Institute.

First lady Michelle Obama and former first lady Laura Bush also plan to team up at the conference Tuesday for a joint discussion on promoting women's education, health and economic empowerment.

[Associated Press; By JULIE PACE]

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