Tuesday, March 15, 2016

US congratulates Myanmar on new president

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:

IN: "For the...
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State Department Spokesman John Kirby read out the official statement:

IN: "The united states...
OUT: ...national reconciliation."
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