Obama aide: President has written Jackson family
June 28, 2009
WASHINGTON---- A top White House adviser says President Barack Obama has written Michael Jackson's family.
David Axelrod says Obama expressed condolences to the Jacksons. Michael Jackson died Thursday in Los Angeles.
The White House has said Obama saw the pop star as a spectacular performer whose life had sad and tragic aspects. Obama did not issue a statement following Jackson's death.
Axelrod appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press."