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Obama to Press Myanmar on Human Rights, Political Progress

President Barack Obama is attending a regional summit in Myanmar, where U.S. officials say he will raise the touchy issues of human rights and the country's slowing democratic progress. Ahead of the Thursday summit, White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said the president has "significant concerns" about the pace of reforms in Myanmar, also known as Burma. A nominally civilian government took power in 2011, ending five decades of direct military rule,...


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