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    Obama Meets with the Dalai Lama, but Keeps It Low Key

    President Obama welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House today. The meeting was originally supposed to take place last year, but was postponed due to concerns that it could trouble the waters ahead of a US-China summit last fall.

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    By Chery Glaser • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Obama welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House today. The meeting was originally supposed to take place last year, but was postponed due to concerns that it could trouble the waters ahead of a US-China summit last fall. Every aspect of today's meeting is being closely watched, right down to where it was held, and who did and did not attend, as we hear from John Pomfret, who reports for the Washington Post.

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      Chery Glaser

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      Andrea Brody

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      John Pomfret

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Revving Up the Debate over Nuclear Energy
    1. 0:00Obama Meets with the Dalai Lama, but Keeps It Low KeyYou’re reading this
    2. 7:41Revving Up the Debate over Nuclear Energy
    3. 42:06Fashion Makes a Big Statement at the Winter Olympics
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