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Obama to Host Dalai Lama at White House

U.S. President Barack Obama will meet the Dalai Lama Friday at the White House as the United States. The White House says Obama is meeting the Dalai Lama in his capacity as a respected religious and cultural leader. A statement says the United States supports what it calls the Dalai Lama's "middle way" approach of neither assimilation nor independence for Tibetans in China. The U.S. recognizes Tibet to be a part of China. While Washington does not back...

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