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Foreign Affairs

Ghost Dog

(16,881 posts) Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:05 AM Jul 2016

Obama extends visit to US military base on 1st visit to Spain

... Obama will no longer be making a stop in the Andalusian city of Seville, which was scheduled for Sunday. He will instead spend the day in Madrid, before traveling to the US military base in Rota. From there he will travel back to Washington on Sunday night...

... The US military base at Rota is home to 2,846 US military personnel and 2,610 relatives. No US president has ever stopped there, even though the base has been operating for the last 63 years.

Obama’s agenda is still likely to include meetings with King Felipe VI, acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and several members of the opposition...

http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/07/08/inenglish/1467984723_526677.html

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