Hillary Rodham Clinton, the US secretary of state, has announced that Washington will exchange ambassadors with Myanmar in response to its freeing of political prisoners and other reforms.
Clinton announced the move on Friday after state media announced that Thein Sein, Myanmar’s president, had issued a pardon and freed 651 detainees, included some of the country’s most famous political inmates.
In a statement, US President Barack Obama described the pardons as “a substantial step forward for democratic reform”. … (more)
EDITOR: How brilliant a move it was in so many different ways for President Barack Obama to have appointed Hillary Clinton secretary of state.
