Hiroshima survivor meets Obama aide, urges end to nuclear weapons

Setsuko Thurlow (R), an 84-year-old atomic bomb survivor who currently lives in Canada, meets with Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for U.S. President Barack Obama, in Washington on June 6, 2016. Thurlow, who experienced the U.S. atomic bombing in Hiroshima at age 13, handed a letter to Rhodes, calling on the president to make further efforts to abolish nuclear weapons. Obama became the first serving U.S. president to visit Hiroshima on May 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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