{"219901":{"#nid":"219901","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Africa: A Second Chance for Obama to Engage","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHaskell Ward\u003C\/strong\u003E, the newest member of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/africaatlanta.org\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAfrica Atlanta 2014\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;international board wrote an article entitled\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAfrica: A Second Chance for Obama to Engage\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ein June. \u0026nbsp;As he says within the piece, \u0022President Obama still has time to set us on a new course with Africa. \u0026nbsp;His speech Sunday night at the University of Cape Town indicated that he could. He announced major new investments in health and education and in essential infrastructure, such as power. He signaled that the American private sector will be encouraged to see Africa as a place for mutual economic benefit, rather than as primarily a recipient of aid and an object of military interventions.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27848","created_gmt":"2013-07-01 14:37:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:27","author":"Claire Woodring","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-07-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-07-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201306300282.html?viewall=1","title":"A Second Chance for Obama to Engage"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}