US senator in Myanmar

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Brian Joseph of the National Endowment for Democracy, about Senator James Webb’s trip to Myanmar for a meeting the country’s military leader. The visit follows the Burmese government’s sentencing of opposition Aung San Suu Kyi to another 18 months of detention.

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