Biden's Red Carpet For India's PM Sweeps Tensions Under The Rug

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🗓️ 23 June 2023

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is head of the world's largest democracy — but concerns over his human rights and freedom of speech records took a backseat to public celebrations of the country's relationship with the United States during his visit with President Biden this week.

And it has been more than a decade since the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy was repealed, but thousands of people who were other than honorably discharged over their sexual orientation still don't have full access to benefits.

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0:42.0	rolled out the red carpet this week for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
0:46.1	His official visit included a joint address to Congress meetings with President Biden, a
0:50.6	fancy state dinner and an audience with some of the country's top business executives.
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