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cnn news 2014-11-15
CARL AZUZ, cnn ANCHOR: Hi. I`m Carl Azuz. We`ve got an international and interplanetary show for you today. Ten minutes of commercial free current
events starts now.
First up, to Asia. China is host to an APEC summit, APEC for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. It works to improve the economies and trade between
its 21 member countries. President Obama is scheduled to meet with Chinese president Xi Jinping today. These two men are the leaders of the world`s
two largest economies, but at any international meeting between world leaders others subjects are bound to come up.
Iran, Syria, Ukraine - three topics that the U.S. and Russia have been at odds over were discussed when President Obama crossed pads with Russian
President Vladimir Putin.
Relations between the U.S. and Russia aren`t the only thing on these leaders` minds.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: With China staging a dazzling summit to showcase its economic might, President Obama is eager to prove for lame duck in
Washington, all is not fowl on the world stage.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: There should be no doubt that the United States of America remains entirely committed when
it comes to Asia.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The president is walking a diplomatic tight rope, both competing for business in Asia and pressuring China over its human rights
record in places like Hong Kong.
OBAMA: We believe in freedom of speech. We believe in freedom of association. We believe in openness in government.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But Mr. Obama started this three nation journey with a new foreign policy notch on his belt. The release of American prisoners
from North Korea, a top secret operation he insisted was no diplomatic mission.
Administration officials said it was the North Koreans who controlled the timing.
OBAMA: We have an indication that there was the possibility of the release of these two hostages. And we pursued it.
VLADIMIR PUTIN, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT (speaking Russian)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Flexing his own muscle in Asia, Russian President Vladimir Putin is cutting deals with China to bolster his economy after
sanctions stemming from the crisis in Ukraine. But Putin was a little more than a destruction for Mr. Obama who was lining up more support for the
battle against ISIS, after he doubled the number of U.S. troops on the ground in Iraq.
OBAMA: We are recognizing the need for us to ramp up Iraqi capabilities.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The key question for the president on this trip is whether his standing on the world stage is diminished by this shrinking
status back in Washington.
As One Chinese newspaper said, the lame duck president will be further crippled by the midterms. A political defeat the president now concedes is
on him.