Obama to host Dalai Lama on Friday at White House
Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Friday at the White House. The White House says Obama is hosting the Dalai Lama in his capacity as a respected religious and cultural leader.
The Nobel laureate is famed for his peaceful struggle for greater Tibetan autonomy that is bitterly opposed by China. White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden says the U.S. supports the Dalai Lama’s “middle way” approach. She says the U.S. recognizes Tibet as part of China and doesn’t support Tibetan independence.
But she says the U.S. is concerned about tensions and deteriorating human rights in China’s Tibetan areas. She says the U.S. will keep urging China to talk with the Dalai Lama without preconditions.
Obama met with the Dalai Lama previously in 2010 and 2011.
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Dalai Lama appears at right-wing US think tank
WASHINGTON (AP) — Smiling and in saffron robes, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has brought a message of compassion and care for humanity to the free market mavens of a right-leaning Washington think tank.
The revered Buddhist monk began his latest speaking tour of the United States on unfamiliar territory, as honored guest at the American Enterprise Institute for a discussion on happiness and free enterprise.
The Nobel laureate, famed for his peaceful struggle for greater Tibetan autonomy that is bitterly opposed by China, has in the past courted controversy by identifying with the economic equality promoted by Marxism. But he decries totalitarian political systems.
Punctuating his musings with infectious laughter, the Dalai Lama, sounded more amenable to capitalism on Thursday, although he drew attention to the gap between rich and poor.
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