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Tibetans’ thoughts on Obama

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The Dalai Lama sent a let­ter of con­grat­u­la­tions to president-​​elect Barack Obama, say­ing, “The American pres­i­den­tial elec­tions are always a great source of encour­age­ment to peo­ple through­out the world who believe in democ­racy, free­dom and equal oppor­tu­ni­ties.” We wanted to know what ordi­nary Tibetans, par­tic­u­larly Tibetan youth, think about Barack Obama, and if they think his pres­i­dency will help the Tibetan cause. Tibet Youth Radio’s Lhakpa Kyizom reports from Dharamsala, India.

This is an encore broad­cast of a report that was first broad­cast last month.


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