Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay Meets Senator Dianne Feinstein at Washington DC

Monday, October 31, 2011

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Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay with Senator Dianne Feinstein

Washington, DC-- Kalon Tripa Dr. Lobsang Sangay arrived in Washington, DC this   afternoon on a four-day visit to the US Capital. He was received at the airport by Bhuchung Tsering and Todd Stein of ICT and Kalden Lodoe, President of Capital Area Tibetan Association.

 He met with Senator Dianne Feinstein, the senior Democratic Senator from California. The meeting with the Senator also included, Special Envoy, Mr. Lody Gyari and Representative Lobsang Nyandak.  Senator Feinstein is one of the oldest friends of Tibet and the Tibetan people in the U.S. Congress.  She is the author of the Tibet Policy Act which institutionalized Tibet in U.S. foreign policy and codified the position of the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues in the State Department. She was also the Senate sponsor of the resolution to award the Congressional Gold Medal to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.  The Senator reiterated her continued support to the Kalon Tripa and the group had a very productive discussion.

 
The day's other engagement included an interview with Josh Rogin of The Cable which is the online version of Foreign Policy magazine. Josh Rogin reports on national security and foreign policy and the blog is read widely by US Congressional members and staff.  The piece on Kalon Tripa will be posted shortly.