The Obama administration is congratulating Myanmar on the selection of it's new president.
Htin Kyaw is a close associate of long-time democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyii.
Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff has the reaction from Washington:
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State Department Spokesman John Kirby read out the official statement:
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