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President Obama to visit Atlanta on Tuesday

President Barack Obama during a visit to Atlanta's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September (AJC file/Hyosub Shin)
President Barack Obama during a visit to Atlanta's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September (AJC file/Hyosub Shin)
By Daniel Malloy
March 4, 2015

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will visit Atlanta on Tuesday to give a speech and raise money for the Democratic National Committee.

The White House announced the trip this afternoon, without revealing additional details.

The next week is turning into a Southern theme for the president. He will be in Columbia, S.C., on Friday visiting a historically black college and Alabama on Saturday for the Selma festivities.

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