He urged her to engage in "substantive and candid dialogue".
Its candid dialogue uncovered a deep seam of outcast aggression.
"It's important for us to have candid dialogue, to work through these issues," Mr. Obama said.
India's external affairs ministry refused to comment on the leak other than to stress its continuing "candid" dialogue with the United States.
A central question in the hearings, which coincided with the final day of the Supreme Court's term, is how far Ms. Kagan will go in offering the kind of candid dialogue senators, especially Republicans, are seeking.
"These ideas are based on the actions many of you have already taken or supported," the memo read, "including convening community conversations in NBA markets to engage young people, parents, community leaders and law enforcement in a candid dialogue".
"And I'm convinced, through our discussions and our subsequent dealings, that we have an open and candid dialogue and that we have come to an arrangement where we can agree to disagree and at the same time understand what the chain of command is".
But all of this depends upon an open, candid dialogue among interested parties.
To their credit, both sides participated in truthful candid dialogue and coalitions were nurtured.
Michele Norris, one of the hosts of NPR's afternoon broadcast, All Things Considered, started The Race Card Project to "help foster a candid dialogue about race".
