Obama on 9/11: Diversity one of America's 'greatest strengths'

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AFP Washington
Last Updated : Sep 11 2016 | 7:57 PM IST
US President Barack Obama today urged Americans on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to embrace the nation's diversity and not to allow "terrorists" to divide the country.
"Our diversity, our patchwork heritage, is not a weakness. It is still and always will be one of our greatest strengths," Obama said at a remembrance service at the Pentagon, one of the sites attacked on 9/11.
"This is the America that was attacked that September morning. This is the America that we must remain true to.

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First Published: Sep 11 2016 | 7:57 PM IST

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