Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170117:00:38:00
There has never been one, by the way. so you have 200 diplomats based in washington, and the inauguration has always been typically american. so access to these events is limited just to the inaugural event itself for foreign diplomats. so this president, who has not had access to the foreign community, said, you know, i want to do something to create a tribute to them, to allow them to see my first fingerprints on a global canvas of diplomacy. and so that first dinner is really for them. it's 160 diplomats. it's the cabinet selectees. they have never met or been introduced to each other. it's...
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