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>> Narrator:
Vice President Joe Biden
and Second Lady Jill Biden
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recently traveled around
the world in eight days,
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touching down in New Delhi,
Mumbai, Singapore, and Honolulu,
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where they met people from all
walks of life and built ties
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to some of our most important
partners on the world stage.
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Let's board the plane
with the VP and Dr. Biden
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as they travel
to India and Singapore.
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The Vice President and Dr. Biden
landed in New Delhi, India,
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and went directly
to Gandhi Smriti,
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the house where
Mahatma Gandhi
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spent the final
months of his life.
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They were given a personal
tour by Gandhi's granddaughter,
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who now helps run the
house as a museum.
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>> I see a bit of Gandhi in so
many people all over the world,
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so I think it's
like a big family,
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that I belong to
so many families.
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I certainly felt I was
a part of his family,
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and he's a part of my family.
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So this communication from
the heart to the heart,
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which is stronger
than any other thing,
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it is this that's going
to bring us together.
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It is this that will
remain with me forever.
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>> Narrator:
The next morning in Agra,
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Dr. Jill Biden visited
a USAID-funded program
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in Kechpura village,
one of 430 slums in Agra,
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that focuses on major community
challenges like public health
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and child development.
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>> We have created a model
which we call our city model,
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and this model has four or
five essential components,
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out of which we have been able
to show two to Dr. Biden today.
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One was the women's
group that we constitute.
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These are called the committees.
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These women belong to
the local community,
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so tomorrow when we
leave from the site,
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these groups will be there
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and they'll keep the program interventions going on.
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The second initiative
that she could witness
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was Urban Health
and Nutrition Day.
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It's a pilot model that we
are trying and experimenting
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in our five
demonstration cities,
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and now the results
will be shared
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with the government of India
so that they can scale it up
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under the national level
health mission.
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>> Narrator:
From there, she stopped by
to glimpse the Taj Mahal,
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the iconic masterpiece of
craftsmanship and architecture
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that has become a symbol
of India worldwide.
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>> Dr. Biden:
It's amazing, isn't it?
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>> Narrator:
That evening, after a day
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of bilateral meetings
with India's leaders,
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the Vice President
spoke at a dinner
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hosted by his Indian counterpart
Vice President Hamid Ansari
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before departing for Mumbai.
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In Mumbai,
the Vice President spoke
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on the 21st century partnership
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between Indian and
the United States
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at the Bombay Stock Exchange.
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>> The Vice President:
I am absolutely confident,
absolutely confident,
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in the future
of this relationship,
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not because I'm naĂŻve;
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I've been around
longer than most of you.
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I've been doing this kind of
business my entire adult life.
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My confidence is based on
the history of the journey
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of both our countries.
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>> Narrator:
He then held a roundtable
with business leaders
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before traveling across the city
to visit the American Consulate.
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The next day,
the Vice President visited
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the Indian Institute
of Technology Bombay
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and toured the labs
and campus of the institution.
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Along the way, he talked
science, education, and culture
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with a wonderfully
diverse group of students.
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The Vice President then left the
fabled subcontinent of India
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and headed for the bright
lights of Singapore.
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In Singapore, the Vice President
and Dr. Biden
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toured the botanic gardens, where they attended
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an orchid-naming ceremony
in their honor
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before the Vice President
made a local lunchtime stop.
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Meanwhile, Dr. Biden read "Make
Way for Ducklings" to children
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at the National Library Board as
part of the national initiative
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to promote and encourage
a love of reading.
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The Vice President
then held meetings
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with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan,
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as well as the Prime Minister,
President,
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and First Lady of Singapore.
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He then toured and spoke at both
American airplane engine company
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Pratt & Whitney and
the U.S.S. Freedom,
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which was the first
United States Navy
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littoral combat ship
to be commissioned.
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>> The Vice President:
So I came for two reasons --
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one, to demonstrate
that this ship,
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one of the newest additions
to the United States Navy,
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is an incredible
and increasing part
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of our Navy's capacity,
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and two, to let the world
know how proud we are of you,
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and let you know how
much you contribute
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to the economic
and physical security
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of this region of the world.
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>> Narrator:
The Vice President
then traveled back in time
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as he crossed
the International Dateline
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en route to Honolulu, Hawaii,
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arriving after
17 hours of travel,
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and yet somehow earlier in
the day than when he'd left.
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There, the Vice President spent
time with troops and their
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families at a
barbecue and field day
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at Joint Base
Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
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>> The Vice President:
Every single day you're
deployed, your family,
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50 times a day,
thinks, wonders.
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You learn to control it.
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You learn to control it,
but never, never, never
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does it leave you.
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And so we owe you.
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We owe you more than
we can ever repay you.
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>> Narrator:
After touching down
in America's 50th state,
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the Vice President and Dr.
Biden returned to Washington,
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completing their eight-day
trip around the world.
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Thanks for watching.
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