President Obama Meets with LDS Church Leaders
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, April 2, 2015 (Gephardt Daily) – Leaders from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints met with President Obama in downtown Salt Lake City Thursday night.
According to White House deputy press secretary, Eric Schultz, the Sheraton Hotel meeting included President Henry Eyring, President Dieter Uchtdorf, Elder Tom Perry and Elder Todd Christofferson.
Mr. Obama said he was pleased to meet with top LDS leaders as so many presidents had done before.
According to a statement by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church President Thomas Monson, did not atte in order to preserve his strength for this weekend’s LDS General Conference. The Church’s statement is as follows:
“Church president Thomas S. Monson was not able to participate in the meeting. Church spokesman Eric Hawkins said, “President Monson remembers fondly his visit to the White House to present President Obama with his personal family history in 2009. Because of the need to preserve his strength for this weekend’s General Conference, it was felt that the logistics of meeting away from Church offices, with the walking and the waiting periods associated with a presidential visit, would regrettably not be conducive to President Monson’s participation.”
