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SINGAPORE has been successful in part because it has "been able to bring together people who may look different, but (who) all think of themselves as part of Singapore", said US President Barack Obama on Monday in Washington, DC.
"That has to be a strength, not a weakness. But that requires leadership and government being true to those principles," said Mr Obama, who was speaking to 75 emerging leaders aged 18 to 35 from countries in the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean), as part of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI).
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