Obama meets Dalai Lama at White House
Obama meets Dalai Lama at White House US President Barack Obama met Tibetan Spiritual Leader the Dalai Lama at the White House, his spokesman said, underlining the meeting between the two Noble laureates does not change America's stand on Tibet. "This is actually the fourth opportunity that President Obama has had to meet with the Dalai Lama at the White House over the last eight years," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters at his daily news conference. "And I would just reiterate once again that the US's position, as it relates to Tibet has not changed. Tibet, per US policy, is considered part of the People's Republic of China. And the United States has not articulated our support for Tibetan independence," Earnest said. Obama met the 80-year-old spiritual leader in the historicMap Room of the White House . The meeting was closed for the press. The Tibetan spiritual leader did not speak to the battery of reporter...