Obama urges Democrats to put divisions aside as Clinton clinches nomination
NEW YORK — US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he hoped that divisions between Democrats would start to heal in coming weeks, now that his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, had clinched the party’s nomination for the November 8 presidential election."My hope is that over the next couple of weeks we’re able to pull things together," Obama said in his first public remarks since primary election wins on Tuesday in California and elsewhere propelled Clinton to victory over rival Bernie Sanders, after a hard-fought, months-long campaign."What happens during primaries is you get a little ouchy," Obama told NBC late-night host Jimmy Fallon during a taping of "The Tonight Show" set to air on Thursday.Sanders, who has not conceded the race, is set to meet Obama at the White House on Thursday at 11.15am (5.15pm South African time).Later, at a fundraiser in the Central Park West apartment of Kenneth Lerer, a venture capitalist and chairman of the BuzzFeed media company, Obama...
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