THEY have met seven times in a little over a year, call each other by their first names — unusual in some quarters — and say they are close enough to discuss every issue, openly and frankly.

Last week, on Wednesday, White House press secretary Josh Earnest described at some length what his boss, President Barack Obama, thinks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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