Nobel Peace Prize Winner Stripped of Multiple Honors After Being Found Complicit of Genocide

LouC · 2018-08-24T12:21:07.607Z

President Bush Signs H.R. 4286, Congressional Gold Medal: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

THE PRESIDENT: I just signed a bill passed by the leaders of the Senate and House who have joined me to honor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi with the Congressional Gold Medal.

This is a fitting tribute to a courageous woman who speaks for freedom for all the people of Burma, and who speaks in such a way that she’s a powerful voice in contrast to the junta that currently rules the country.

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President Bush Signs H.R. 4286, Congressional Gold Medal: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

President Bush on Tuesday said, "I just signed a bill passed by the leaders of the Senate and House who have joined me to honor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi with the Congressional Gold Medal. This is a fitting tribute to a courageous woman who speaks for...

There were 65 REPUBLICAN co sponsors of the Bill to award Kyi the Congressional Gold Medal.

Q Mrs. Bush, why such an historic interest? This is a first, for a First Lady to come to this podium and talk about a cyclone. Why such a historic interest?

MRS. BUSH: Well, you know I’ve been interested in Burma for a long time. It started really with an interest in Aung San Suu Kyi and reading her works and just the story of a Nobel Prize winner who’s been under house arrest for so long, whose party was overwhelmingly elected in an election and then never able to take office. And so it started with an interest in her, and then just the more I’ve seen, the more critical I see the need is for the people in Burma to be – for the world to pay attention to the people of Burma, and for the world to put pressure on the military regime.

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Mrs. Bush's Statement and Press Briefing on Burma

Mrs. Bush said "Americans are a compassionate people and we're already acting to provide help. The U.S. has offered financial assistance through our embassy. We'll work with the U.N. and other international non-governmental organizations to provide...

Former U.S. first lady Laura Bush (R) shakes hands with Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi (3rd R) as House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) applauds during a U.S. Congressional Gold Medal presentation ceremony at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol September 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. Aung San Suu Kyi was presented with the medal for her leadership and commitment to human rights and for promoting freedom, peace and democracy in Myanmar, also known as Burma.

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Laura Bush Photostream

Laura Bush Photos Photos - Laura Bush, Former First Lady & Honorary Chair, U.S. Afghan Women's Council accepts 2021 Concordia Leadership Award via video conference during the 2021 Concordia Annual Summit - Day 2 at Sheraton New York on September...

LouC · 2018-08-24T12:26:42.686Z

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/Mayw3xvsZc-/Aung+San+Suu+Kyi+Receives+Congressional+Gold/PcLSxgqVQT1

Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi (C) is presented with a U.S. Congressional Gold Medal as (L-R) U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) look on during a presentation ceremony at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol September 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. Aung San Suu Kyi was presented with the medal for her leadership and commitment to human rights and for promoting freedom, peace and democracy in Myanmar, also known as Burma.

LouC · 2018-08-24T12:29:44.547Z

Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (2nd R), 1991 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, meets with membes of the U.S. Senate at the U.S. Capitol September 15, 2016 in Washington, DC. Aung San Suu Kyi met with congressional leaders this morning, following her visit to the White House yesterday. Also pictured (L-R) are Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (R-NV).

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/POkerl4XCpP/Senate+Republican+Leader+Mitch+McConnell+Meets/DQKd7wse5a4

Bigjohn · 2018-08-24T12:31:17.893Z

Good deflection from current “issues” with their anointed one

LouC · 2018-08-24T12:52:35.763Z

nytimes.com – 15 Sep 16

Myanmar’s Leader Has a Longtime Champion in Mitch McConnell (Published 2016)

Visiting Washington this week, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will reunite with the Senate majority leader, who has supported her attempts to promote democracy at home for years.

Say it ain’t so Mitch…

Oh my!

FreeAndClear · 2018-08-24T12:54:33.627Z

This was an interesting pile for the OP to step into. Myanmar has been a cluster for presidency after presidency. This is a bipartisan ■■■■ up

LouC · 2018-08-24T12:59:43.193Z

Who knew, the Pope is a Democrat.

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Pope Francis meets Aung San Suu Kyi

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LouC · 2018-08-24T13:04:37.126Z

FreeAndClear:

This was an interesting pile for the OP to step into. Myanmar has been a cluster for presidency after presidency. This is a bipartisan ■■■■ up

Hey, when one is trying desperately to recoup some sense of balance after the revelations of the past few days stepping in a pile is not all that important.

Thinking one has made some political score on the opposition is all that is important, no matter how deluded their thinking is.

ohknow35 · 2018-08-24T15:08:25.578Z

nytimes.com – 14 Sep 16

Obama Pledges to Lift All Sanctions Against Myanmar (Published 2016)

President Obama, who met on Wednesday with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s leader, sought to reward the country for its efforts to establish a more democratic government.

ohknow35 · 2018-08-24T15:08:57.848Z

nytimes.com – 17 May 16

Obama to Relax U.S. Sanctions Against Myanmar (Published 2016)

The moves, which go into effect Wednesday, will allow American individuals, banks and companies to do business with all Burmese financial institutions.

ohknow35 · 2018-08-24T15:10:16.893Z

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-far-will-myanmar-go-to-cover-up-an-atrocity/2018/08/22/aad27f52-a567-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html

ohknow35 · 2018-08-24T15:14:49.524Z

https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-secretary-of-state-kerry-in-myanmar-to-press-further-reforms-2016-5

ohknow35 · 2018-08-24T15:15:30.709Z

https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/john-kerry-hails-remarkable-myanmar-changes-after-suu-kyi-talks

LouC · 2018-08-24T17:40:37.942Z

Okay.

You had already established that Barack Obama and John Kerry cuddled up with Kyi.

CanadianJudo · 2018-08-24T17:46:45.331Z

Its like everyone was jumping at the chance to work with a country that finally elected a President and formed a democratic government after being a military dictatorship for decades.

little did we know that the military took over the democratic government and regained control within a few years.

CanadianJudo · 2018-08-24T17:48:36.286Z

She was the first President in Burma after decades of military dictatorship, but she only had true power for a few years before the military regained control now she and the democratic government are little more then a shell for PR much like those in other countries.

CanadianJudo · 2018-08-24T17:49:36.910Z

everyone in the world was cuddling up to Kyi why? because she became the President of a newly Democratic country with lots of land and resources.

CanadianJudo · 2018-08-24T17:55:18.769Z

There is nothing she can do to stop the genocide, she has no control over the military or the government at this point she is little more then a PR tool used to rally citizen around.

WildRose · 2018-08-25T04:26:47.206Z

She had a hand in it, gave it tacit support, and did nothing to even speak out against it.

She’s no damned hero.

CanadianJudo · 2018-08-25T04:41:25.516Z

Nope not anymore she was when shr won the award but the silence in compliance in the actions of the miliarty