(2 Apr 2013) SHOTLIST
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1. US President Barack Obama with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the Oval Office UPSOUND (english) "It is a great pleasure for me to welcome my good friend Prime Minister Lee to the Oval Office."
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"We have extremely close military cooperation and I want to thank Singapore for all the facilities that they provide that allow us to maintain our effective Pacific presence. They are an outstanding economic partner, over the last decade since we signed our free trade agreement, we have seen a doubling of trade between our countries and that creates jobs here in the United States as well as in Singapore."
4. Pan from reporters to Obama and Lee
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore Prime Minister:
"We have very good relations between Singapore and the United States. Broad and deep cooperation; we work together in education, in research and development. We work together in economic areas and trade and we work together in counter terrorism and defence."
++SOUNDBITE CONTINUES AS TWO SHOT - ZOOMS IN TO LEE++
"And there are other important bilateral relationships in Asia, including what is perhaps the most important bilateral relationship in the world - which is between the US and China. And we are happy that the administration's focussed on these and Singapore will do our part, what we can, to help America engage the region constructively, productively and in a way which fosters stability and prosperity for all the countries.
6. Wide, both men shake hands
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7. US Secretary of State John Kerry walking out with Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario
8. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kerry, US Secretary of State:
"There are tensions over the South China Sea, where we support a code of conduct and we are deeply concerned about some of those tensions and we'd like to see it worked out through a process of arbitration. In addition, the Foreign Secretary and I will talk about the important trade relationship and particularly the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the TPP, which we both have interest in."
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Albert del Rosario, Philippine Foreign Secretary:
"And, as he looks at the Philippines I know that he will appreciate the many good things that are happening there and as well, as he had said, we do have many emerging challenges in the region which should be addressed."
10. Mid, pan as both men shake hands and walk away
STORYLINE
Continuing to highlight the Obama administration's pursuit of closer ties with Asian countries, Singapore's prime minister on Tuesday became the third Asian leader to visit the White House this year.
During an Oval Office photo-opportunity, President Barack Obama told reporters he appreciated an outstanding partnership between the United States and Singapore on military, economic and other matters in Asia.
Obama took the opportunity to pay a tribute to the Singaporean leader.
"Personally I can tell you that there are very few world leaders who I am more appreciative of, in terms of their advice and counsel and thoughtful analysis than Prime Minister Lee, " Obama said.
Obama ignored questions from reporters about an alarming development in the Pacific region with North Korea announcing plans to restart its nuclear facilities.
Neither Obama nor Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong mentioned it in their brief remarks.
Instead, they focused on touting their bilateral cooperation.
Singapore, a close ally, is one of 11 countries taking part in the negotiations.
The US and Singapore also have strong defence ties.

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