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President Obama's Apology to Hiroshima

The Memorial Cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
The Memorial Cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Sean Pavone / Shutterstock.com

I’m sorry for bookending my presidency with visits to historically significant cities — that’s Prague and Hiroshima, if you haven’t been paying attention — to exploit them as backdrops for lofty but ultimately inconsequential noises about the elimination of nuclear weapons.

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