The two Liberian leaders again met President Roosevelt in 1945 when he became the first U.S. President to visit Liberia. That same year President Tubman sent former President Charles Dunbar Burgess King to serve as Liberia’s first Ambassador to Washington, D.C. President and Mrs. Tubman were again guests at the White House in April 1968, on a state visit with President and Mrs. Lyndon Baines Johnson. In 1972 President and Mrs. William R. Tolbert were guests of President and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon. And now President George Manneh Weah, who, to no one’s surprise, represents a new generation of Liberian leadership.

Source: Daily Observer May 01, 2018 02:23 UTC