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Obama welcomes Manmohan Singh at White House | US President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at the White House, and said that it is fitting that the Indian Prime Minister should be the first State visitor of his administration. President
Obama said the US and India share the bold experiment of becoming democracies
after rule being under colonial power and today both know the pain of international
terrorism. Obama recalled it was 60 years ago that President Harry Truman welcomed
to the White House the first Prime Minister of newly independent India. He spoke
Tuesday in an elaborate welcoming ceremony in the White House East Room. Earlier,
the White House welcome ceremony for Dr. Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur has
been shifted indoors due to continuous rains here. The gun salute has also been
cancelled. The welcome ceremony has been shifted from the South Lawn to the East
Room inside the White House. The East Room can accommodate a much smaller capacity
as compared to the South Lawn that can accommodate over 400 people, which result
in a very restricted ceremony for the Indian Prime Minister. Many Indian American
leaders and activists who had travelled from all parts of the country to witness
the historic ceremony would now have to stay out of East Room. |
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