President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for photographers with Indian President Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur: Photograph,Getty Images
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President Barack Obama honored India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with the words of his country’s first prime minister Tuesday night.
Obama toasted “to the future that beckons us all” at the highly-anticipated state dinner, the first of Obama’s presidency. The president was quoting Jawaharlal Nehru, a leader of India’s independence movement.
“Let us answer its call, and let our two great nations recognize all the triumphs and challenges that await us,” Obama said.
— Photographs by James R. Brantley
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