MADRID: Barack Obama wrapped up a lightning visit to Spain on Sunday, an abbreviated first presidential trip to the country overshadowed by the fatal shooting of five police officers in Dallas.
Obama squeezed in the trip after a key NATO summit, before dashing home to deal with the aftermath of the wrenching attack.
Greeting Spain King Felipe at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Obama acknowledged that “we’ve had a difficult week in the United States.”
The US president cut a two-day visit to Spain down to one and cancelled a trip to Seville with the king altogether, after a black army veteran killed …read more
Source: The Manila Times
