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Dalai Lama's Visit Highlights U.S.-China Relations

Oct. 8, 2009
The Dalai Lama has been in Washington this week. The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader went ahead with this visit, even though his meeting with the White House was postponed until later this year — after President Obama visits China. China strongly disapproves of his meeting with the...
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch