Clinton seeks Suu Kyi blessing on US-Myanmar ties

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Breitbart:

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought the blessing Friday of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi for a US push to reconcile with Myanmar, after Washington offered the regime a fresh start in relations.

In a meeting unthinkable little more than a year ago, Clinton began in-depth talks with the Nobel laureate at the crumbling lakeside mansion in Yangon where Suu Kyi spent most of the past two decades as a prisoner in her own home.

Clinton greeted the slender but indomitable opposition leader with a kiss on both cheeks as she arrived at her home, while a small crowd of reporters waited outside.

The top US diplomat was on the final day of a historic three-day visit to the nation formerly known as Burma in which she offered incremental concessions to the regime, including easing restrictions on foreign assistance.

Suu Kyi and Clinton, two of the world's best-known women, met face-to-face for the first time Thursday for a private dinner at which the Secretary of State hand-delivered a personal letter from President Barack Obama.

The message thanked Suu Kyi for her "inspiration" to people around the world and said the United States would stand by her "now and always".
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Only Hillary could go to Burma?