President Obama to deliver a message to Muslims worldwide

June 3, 2009

 On June 4, the President will give a speech in Cairo, Egypt, outlining his personal commitment to engagement with the Muslim world, based upon mutual interests and mutual respect, and will discuss how the United States and Muslim communities around the world can bridge some of the differences that have divided them.

CNN international as well as many Kenyan television stations will carry the speech live at 1:10 P.M.  VOA is planning to broadcast speech live in multiple languages. See http://www.voanews.com/english/Obama_Cairo_Speech.cfm

The U.S. Embassy will provide the full text as soon as possible to all interested media.

Those who would like to be among the first to receive highlights from President Barack Obama's historic speech through SMS updates created by the U.S. Department of State should register by 1:00 P.M. (Nairobi time), June 4.  The online registration form is available at www.america.gov/sms.html.