On eve of nuclear summit, Obama holds series of individual meetings with foreign leaders

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Ahead of nuclear talks, Obama sees foreign leaders

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has begun a series of meetings with foreign leaders who have come to Washington for his nuclear security conference.

The first to arrive for talks at Blair House across from the White House was India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh (MUHN’-moh-hahn sing). Obama walked across Pennsylvania Avenue with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.

After that, it was time for Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev (nur-sul-TAHN’ nah-sar-BAH’-yev).

At the conference Monday and Tuesday, representatives of 47 countries will try to come up with an agreement on how to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorists’ hands.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has begun a series of meetings with foreign leaders who have come to Washington for his nuclear security conference.

The first to arrive for talks at Blair House across from the White House was India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh (MUHN’-moh-hahn sing). Obama walked across Pennsylvania Avenue with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.

At the conference Monday and Tuesday, representatives of 47 countries will try to come up with an agreement on how to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorists’ hands.