Behind eulogies, US deeply conflicted on Mandela

By Matthew Lee

Published December 11, 2013 11:45am ET

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Behind eulogies, US deeply conflicted on Mandela — In this Dec. 10, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to speak at the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in the Johannesburg, South Africa township of Soweto. South Africa's deaf federation said on Wednesday that the interpreter on stage for Mandela memorial was a 'fake', (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) | Evan Vucci

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Nelson Mandela eulogized to the world by President Barack Obama as “a giant of history” and the “last great liberator of the 20th century” seemed a different person from the one the United States held at arm’s length, to put it diplomatically, for much of his life and career.

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