[applause] president obama this marks the First Official state visit by a singaporean Prime Minister in over 30 years and celebrates the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between our two nations. It is a reflection of my friendship and partnership with Prime Minister lee in the past eight years. Its an opportunity to repay the hospitality that the Prime Minister and the people of singapore showed me when i visited during my first year in office. We were there for the apex summit with the tradition of dressing of shirts that are somewhat colorful, a tradition we will reserve only for those summits and are not duplicating today. A halfcentury ago, when singapore was an island of rural villages and crowded tenements, few would have imagined a day like today. Singaporeans pride themselves as being the little red dot on many maps with a big impact on the world. In less than a generation, under the vision and stewardship of Prime Minister lee kuan yew, singaporeans transformed their n
Chief. Most people get defensive if they feel like you are being ive. Ns ifng respectful and request it is not a crisis or a dangerous situation requests versus demands, those things change the dynamic a little bit. Tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan and www. Cspan. Org. Our road to the white house coverage continues with the Green Party National Political Convention in houston. Earlier today, the green party chose jill stein as their ajamu btial nominee and araka as their Vice President ial nominee. Also available on the cspan radio app and www. Cspan. Org. President obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed singapore Prime Minister lee and his wife this week. It began with a ceremony on the south lawn and was set to conclude with an evening state dinner in the east room. Lets watch. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and mrs. Michelle obama. Plays hail to the chief] present arms [cheering] [cheering] [laughter] [cheering] [cheering] back to work. [laughter] pre
Prepared for you this evening with love. With love this program has been prepared former president bill clinton will be joining us cheers and applause were going to talk about his global initiative. It is that organizations tenth aanniversary. First, former senator and secretary of state Hillary Clinton no relation laughter word on the street is that the former senator and secretary of state is thinking of diving back into politics, president first. cheering but, obviously, there is no guarantee she would win the nomination even from her party. Its mostly guaranteed, but it is the subject of tonights dem demockolypes2016, joe biden. We all love joe biden. Last week i bought an insurance policy from him. laughter but of the United States, he will not be president. Not that he doesnt have an impressive resume. For instance, as senator he sponsored the violence against women act and still speaks passionately about the issue. Its never, never, never the womans fault. This whole culture, fo
Will be joining us cheers and applause were going to talk about his global initiative. It is that organizations tenth aanniversary. First, former senator and secretary of state Hillary Clinton no relation laughter word on the street is that the former senator and secretary of state is thinking of diving back into politics, president first. cheering but, obviously, there is no guarantee she would win the nomination even from her party. Its mostly guaranteed, but it is the subject of tonights dem demockolypes2016, joe biden. We all love joe biden. Last week i bought an insurance policy from him. laughter but of the United States, he will not be president. Not that he doesnt have an impressive resume. For instance, as senator he sponsored the violence against women act and still speaks passionately about the issue. Its never, never, never the womans fault. This whole culture, for so long, has put the onus on the woman. What were you wearing . What did you say . What did you do to provoke
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