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Military leader Idi Amin overthrows the Obote government and becomes the president and ruler of Uganda on this date in 1971.

Rep. Gregory Meeks

POSTED: September 25, 2008, 12:30 pm

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Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) at the 2008 CBCF Annual Legislative Conference.

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