President Obama announced on Friday that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be the first secretary of state to visit Myanmar in 50 years. The move came shortly before pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said she would rejoin Myanmar’s government after being persecuted for 20 years.
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