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Miami Heat’s Luol Deng Visits Barack Obama at White House

Following a peace deal signed between the United States and South Sudan, president Barack Obama welcomed Miami Heat forward Luol Deng to the Oval Office to discuss relations between the two countries.

@luoldeng9 of the @MiamiHeat fled South Sudan as a child with his family and has been working tirelessly to end the conflict there ever since. Luol has directly engaged opposition and government leaders to lobby for a sustainable peace in the country. He's leading South Sudanese youth and the diaspora in advocating for unity with his South Sudan Unite initiative.