Secretary Clinton Welcomes Burmese Civil Society Delegation

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Secretary Clinton Welcomes Burmese Civil Society Delegation

February 8, 2012 by still4hill

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Burmese comedian and recently-released former political prisoner Zaganar at the State Department on February 8, 2011. State Department photo.

Secretary Clinton Welcomes Burmese Civil Society Delegation to United States

Media Note

Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

February 8, 2012

At the State Department today, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greeted Burmese comedian and recently-released former political prisoner Zaganar, National League for Democracy women’s empowerment activist Khin Than Myint, and National Democratic Front Kachin ethnic minority rights activist Daw Bauk Gyar. The visitors discussed political prisoners, women’s rights, and the situation of ethnic minorities in Burma with senior officials. Secretary Clinton previously met Zaganar in Rangoon where he participated in a civil society roundtable in December 2011. This is the delegation’s first visit to the United States.

Posted in Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, state department, U.S. Department of State | Tagged Burma, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, State Department, U.S. Department of State, Zaganar | 7 Comments

7 Responses

on February 8, 2012 at 11:44 pm | Reply discourseincsharpminor

Your girl looks slim there. I wonder if she’s lost weight (the lucky thing).
- on February 8, 2012 at 11:46 pm | Reply still4hill
  
  She looks gorgeous, but I then am so based.
  - on February 9, 2012 at 12:04 am | Reply discourseincsharpminor
    
    She looks nice in this picture.
on February 10, 2012 at 1:17 am | Reply Bea

This is a great pic, not only because Hillary looks so nice in it, but due to the significance of former Burmese political prisoners being free to visit the US. I hope that things keep improving in their country.
- on February 10, 2012 at 1:30 am | Reply still4hill
  
  Here’s the other thing – he’s a comedian. I have lived in a dictatorship and seen comedians (and newscasters, actors, etc. – people I knew) arrested and in some cases disappeared. My friend, who grew up in that environment, always says, whenever SNL or whomever, mocks the POTUS or government, “Only in America.” Well, it should NOT be only in America!
  - on February 10, 2012 at 2:09 pm | Reply Bea
    
    I know what you mean. I too lived in a dictatorship for a while while in boarding school in Argentina.
    - on February 10, 2012 at 2:42 pm | Reply still4hill
      
      Ooooooohhhhh …. wow! I know what you are talking about and that was a much worse dictatorship than the (“benign”) one I lived in. I had a student once who grew up in Patagonia because when her mom was pregnant with her, her grandfather had gotten some information that her parents were about to be arrested. He put them on a train to Patagonia, and they stayed there. Oooohhh that was a terrible regime!
      
      I was a big fan of Mercedes Sosa.