Just in: U.S. Embassy Election Day Reception Showcases American Democracy in Dar es salaam this morning

 U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Alfonso E. Lenhardt making remarks after the announcement of media outlets projections indicating that President Barack Obama has won re-election at breakfast reception held on this morning of November 7, 2012  at the U.S Embassy in Dar es Salaam.  Ambassador Lenhardt stressed that regardless of the results, Tanzania will continue to count on the support of the United States of America. He also noted that "The mystery and beauty of democracy is crystallized in moments such as these.  The one lesson we can all reflect on is that there can be no real democracy in the United States, Tanzania, or any other nation without the peaceful acceptance of victory or defeat, the resolution to compete again, and to respect one another as citizens despite any political differences.  Citizens must honor elections achieved through fair, transparent, and democratic means.  That principle is exemplified in today's American elections,"

U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Alfonso E. Lenhardt  (right) and former Chairman of Zanzibar House of Representatives, and of the Committee of Six, the bipartisan House Committee that oversaw the Referendum for a Government of National Unity (GNU) Hon. Ali Mzee Ali during  election-day breakfast reception held at the U.S Embassy in Dar es Salaam this morning.   (Photos courtesy of the American Embassy).