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Obama Tells Burma Reforms Have Much Further to Go

Posted November 19th, 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in Cambodia, where he will meet with leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations – ASEAN. Mr. Obama is scheduled to meet Monday evening with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. The White House says the president will raise U.S. concerns about Cambodia’s human rights record. The U.S. […]

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Obama Tells Burma Reforms Have Much Further to Go

Posted November 19th, 2012 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama has told Burma that government reforms have just begun and have much further to go, in the first visit to the country by a serving U.S. president. In a speech Monday at the University of Rangoon, Mr. Obama said he had come to keep his promise and extend “the hand of […]

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Obama Meets with Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon

Posted November 19th, 2012 at 3:30 am (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama has met with Burmese President Thein Sein and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi in the country’s main city of Rangoon, in the first visit to the country by a serving U.S. president. After an hour-long meeting Monday, Mr. Obama, with President Thein Sein at his side, told reporters that the […]

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Obama Meets with Burma President in Rangoon

Posted November 19th, 2012 at 2:15 am (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama has met with Burmese President Thein Sein in the country’s main city, Rangoon, in the first visit to the country by a serving U.S. president. After the hour-long meeting Monday, Mr. Obama, with President Thein Sein at his side, told reporters that the process of democratic and economic reform in the […]

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Obama Arrives in Burma, Says Trip Not Endorsement of Government

Posted November 18th, 2012 at 11:40 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in Burma, becoming the first American sitting president to visit the Southeast Asian country. Mr. Obama is scheduled to meet with both Burmese President Thein Sein and Aung San Suu Kyi, the nation’s leading democracy activist, who has been free only since 2010 after 15 years of detention or […]

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Obama: Burma Trip Not Endorsement of Government

Posted November 18th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama says his upcoming trip to Burma does not represent an endorsement of the government, but is rather an acknowledgement of the political reform process underway in the country. Mr. Obama said there has been a stated commitment to further political reform in Burma and that deserves encouragement. “But I do not […]

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Obama Arrives in Thailand on 3-Nation Asia Tour

Posted November 18th, 2012 at 4:35 am (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in Thailand on the first leg of an Asian tour that will also take him to Burma and Cambodia in his first foreign trip since winning re-election nearly two weeks ago. While in Bangkok Sunday, Mr. Obama will meet with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, attend an official dinner […]

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Rights Issues High on Obama’s Agenda in Asia

Posted November 17th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama is aboard Air Force One on the way to Asia, where he is visiting Thailand, Burma and Cambodia in his first foreign trip since winning re-election . The trip underscores Mr. Obama’s increased focus on Asia as he tries to fulfill his pledge to strengthen the U.S. economy during his second […]

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Obama to Highlight Human Rights on Southeast Asian Trip: Officials

Posted November 16th, 2012 at 2:45 am (UTC-5)
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White House officials are assuring critics that President Barack Obama will not ignore human rights concerns during his upcoming visit to Southeast Asia. President Obama leaves Saturday for the three-day Asian tour of Cambodia, Thailand and Burma. It is his first foreign trip since being re-elected, underscoring the importance of the administration’s new focus on […]

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Obama Meets with Labor Leaders on US Fiscal Cliff

Posted November 13th, 2012 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. labor leaders met with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, calling on him to reject deep cuts in pensions and health care for the elderly as he works to resolve crucial government financial issues by the end of the year. Newly re-elected, Mr. Obama is turning this week toward a series of talks at the […]

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