Obama and Dalai Lama Meeting Still on Schedule

President Barack Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama, despite threats from the Chinese communist regime.
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Obama and Dalai Lama Meeting Still on Schedule
The Dalai Lama (C) arrives at the Park Hyatt Hotel surrounded by agents with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security on Oct.5, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Dalai Lama on Monday started his first Washington visit in nearly two decades to lack a presidential meeting, as Barack Obama's administration insisted it still respected the Tibetan leader. (Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images)
2/2/2010
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10/1/2015
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The Dalai Lama (C) arrives at the Park Hyatt Hotel surrounded by agents with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security on Oct.5, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Dalai Lama on Monday started his first Washington visit in nearly two decades to lack a presidential meeting, as Barack Obama's administration insisted it still respected the Tibetan leader. (Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images)
President Barack Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama, despite threats from the Chinese communist regime.

White House spokesperson Bill Burton said, “The president told China’s leaders during his trip last year that he would meet with the Dalai Lama and he intends to do so,” reported Reuters. The meeting is planned for the end of the month.

The Chinese Communist Party recently denounced various world governments for meeting with the exiled Tibetan leader. Prior U.S. presidents have also been threatened, but they too went ahead with the meeting.