President Barack Obama has ordered all U.S. flags on federal property to be flown at half-staff in the memory of former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday, The Washington Post reported.
Obama orders flags at half-staff for Peres
STEPANAKERT, SEPTEMBER 29, ARTSAKHPRESS: Obama’s order covers all federal buildings and grounds throughout the United States and its territories, as well as U.S. embassies, military bases and other facilities abroad.
The order directs flags to be flown at half-staff through sunset Friday.
The White House says President Barack Obama will lead a delegation to Jerusalem to attend Friday’s funeral for former Israeli President Shimon Peres.
Peres died Wednesday due to complications from a stroke. The former Israeli prime minister was 93.
Obama said in a statement that Peres had changed the course of human history by expanding the “moral imagination” and forcing people to expect more from themselves.
Obama was scheduled to travel to Jerusalem on Thursday. He was to go to the White House on Friday following the ceremony.
The White House didn’t identify other members of the U.S. delegation that will accompany Obama.
