White House says Obama believes Confederate flag belongs in museum

Reuters

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama believes the Confederate flag belongs in a museum, the White House reiterated on Friday in the wake of a deadly shooting of nine black South Carolinians.

A Confederate flag, symbolizing southern states' secession from the United States over slavery during the Civil War, is currently flown on the grounds of the South Carolina state Capitol.

(Reporting By Roberta Rampton and Julia Edwards; Editing by Sandra Maler)