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Earlier, before his hectic round of meetings with Kerry and senior administration officials, Mathai, in a major tour de force, set out a detailed blueprint of the bilateral relationship in an address on India and the United States in the 21st century, covering all areas of the bilateral partnership, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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