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U.S. Officials In Myanmar Granted Access To Suu Kyi

Nov. 4, 2009
Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, the highest-ranking American diplomat to visit Myanmar in 14 years, offered improved relations Wednesday if its military regime moves toward democracy, putting into action the Obama administration's new policy of engagement with the isolated country.
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler