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U.S.-Burma Relations: American Diplomats Visit Suu Kyi

Nov. 4, 2009
The first high-level team of U.S. diplomats to visit Burma in 14 years met with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon on Wednesday
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