article_snippet: This is one of the legendary figures of Asia in the 20th and 21st centuries," U.S. President Barack Obama said during a meeting with Lee Kuan Yew at the White House in October 2009. "
article_snippet: " U.S. President Barack Obama is somebody who helped to trigger the Asian economic miracle," " U.S. President Barack Obama added.
article_snippet: In 2010, Time magazine listed Lee as one of world's 100 most influential people.
article_snippet: The mark of a great leader is to take a great leader society from where it is to where it has never been," wrote former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the article on Lee.
article_snippet: There is no better strategic thinker in the world today.