President Barack Obama meets with Dalai Lama in the Map Room of the White House in July 2011.
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President Barack Obama meets with the Dalai Lama in the Map Room of the White House in February 2010.
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President George W. Bush meets with the Dalai Lama before the Tibetan spiritual leader received the Congressional Gold Medal in October 2007.
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President George W. Bush, wears a scarf that was presented to him by the Dalai Lama at the White House in November 2005.
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President George W. Bush meets the Dalai Lama at the White House in September 2003.
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President George W. Bush meets with the Dalai Lama in the Oval Office in May 2001.
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President Bill Clinton meets with the Dalai Lama at the White House in June 2000.
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President Bill Clinton listens to the Dalai Lama during a meeting in November 1998 at the White House.
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The Dalai Lama meets with President Bill Clinton at the White House.
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President Bill Clinton talks with the Dalai Lama as Vice President Al Gore looks on during a meeting at the White House in April 1994.
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President George H. W. Bush meets with the Dalai Lama at the White House in April 1991. It was the first-ever meeting between the Tibetan spiritual leader and a U.S. president.
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