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Over the winter improve, several senators from both parties
went to Myanmar. They all came back cautiously bright about reforms there,
and ready to consider lifting some of the sanctions on the country.
Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) visited Myanmar
earlier this month as part of their whirlwind trek around Southeast Asia, which
included stops in the Philippines, Thailand, and the Hanoi
Hilton in Vietnam, the POW camping-site where McCain was held during the Vietnam
War. Senate Minority Leader Mitch
McConnell (R-KY) and Rep . Joe
Crowley (D-NY) also visited Myanmar over the winter disperse on separate
trips.
The Cable caught
up with McCain and Ayotte in the hallways of the Capitol erection this week to
get their take on developments in Myanmar.
Source: Foreign Policy (blog)