Obama meets Singh in New Delhi
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November 8, 2010, Monday
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FOLLOWED by the politics of home, US President Barack Obama yesterday acknowledged that he must make some "mid-course corrections" if he is to win over a frustrated electorate and work with resurgent Republicans.
On the second of three days he is spending in India, Obama arrived in New Delhi yesterday afternoon with his wife, Michelle. Among his airport greeters were Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who apparently broke the normally rigid rules of protocol by making the trip to personally welcome Obama.
Earlier in the day while in Mumbai, Obama appeared before college students eager to question him. He told one that the midterm elections back home reflected the "right, obligation and duty" of the voters to express their unhappiness with the state of US affairs by voting out many incumbents.
The town hall with students, now a staple of Obama's foreign travel, was part of his outreach to this democracy of more than 1 billion people. India is an emerging power in Asia and an increasingly important partner to the US on trade and security, in part because its rise offers a measure of balance to the growing strength of China.
The president is in the midst of his lengthiest trip abroad as president, a 10-day journey across India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan. He began yesterday by showing a softer side, chatting with students at another school.
Obama took a range of questions from the students at St Xavier College, a Jesuit institution. One young woman questioned him about US support for Pakistan, asking why the US had never deemed Pakistan a "terrorist state."
"It's a good question and I must admit I was expecting it," Obama replied.
He defended US support for Pakistan and said India is the country with the biggest stake in Pakistan's stability.
"So my hope is that over time, trust develops between the two countries, that dialogue begins ... and that both countries can prosper," the president said.
On the second of three days he is spending in India, Obama arrived in New Delhi yesterday afternoon with his wife, Michelle. Among his airport greeters were Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who apparently broke the normally rigid rules of protocol by making the trip to personally welcome Obama.
Earlier in the day while in Mumbai, Obama appeared before college students eager to question him. He told one that the midterm elections back home reflected the "right, obligation and duty" of the voters to express their unhappiness with the state of US affairs by voting out many incumbents.
The town hall with students, now a staple of Obama's foreign travel, was part of his outreach to this democracy of more than 1 billion people. India is an emerging power in Asia and an increasingly important partner to the US on trade and security, in part because its rise offers a measure of balance to the growing strength of China.
The president is in the midst of his lengthiest trip abroad as president, a 10-day journey across India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan. He began yesterday by showing a softer side, chatting with students at another school.
Obama took a range of questions from the students at St Xavier College, a Jesuit institution. One young woman questioned him about US support for Pakistan, asking why the US had never deemed Pakistan a "terrorist state."
"It's a good question and I must admit I was expecting it," Obama replied.
He defended US support for Pakistan and said India is the country with the biggest stake in Pakistan's stability.
"So my hope is that over time, trust develops between the two countries, that dialogue begins ... and that both countries can prosper," the president said.
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