Grant Harris currently serves as special assistant to the president and senior director for African affairs on the National Security Council. Gayle Smith is special assistant to the president and senior director for development and democracy at the National Security Council. This commentary originally appeared on the White House blog on July 14.
With less than a month to go until the start of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., we're excited to announce the launch of the summit's official website, which you can access here. As the site describes, the summit constitutes the largest single engagement by any U.S. president with Africa.
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