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Presidential visit a first for Burma

Obama: U.S. a friend, work ahead

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: November 19, 2012 at 3:22 a.m.

CAROLYN KASTER
Credit: AP
President Barack Obama is presented with flowers as he and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) arrive today at Rangoon International Airport in Rangoon, Burma.

Launching a landmark visit to long-shunned Burma, President Barack Obama said today that he comes to “extend the hand of friendship” to a nation moving from persecution to peace. But his praise and personal attention came with an admonition to those in charge: The work of ensuring and protecting freedoms has just begun.

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President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tour the Viharn of the Reclining Buddha with Chaokun Sut... (By: CAROLYN KASTER) (Credit: AP)

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