Cracks Appear in US Myanmar Rapprochement

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"New legislation signals growing concern over the Obama administration?s Myanmar policy...Recent legislation introduced to U.S. Congress to put conditions on U.S. cooperation with Myanmar?s military may be one of the first signs of emerging dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama?s rapprochement policy with the post-junta government. The bill was sponsored in the House of Representatives April 2 by Republican Steve Chabot, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, and Democrat Joseph Crowley. It grows out of concerns that the Obama administration, having begun limited cooperation with Myanmar?s military, is moving too quickly without demanding reforms from Myanmar first. The bill is a modification of similar, earlier bipartisan House and Senate legislation and follows enactment of language in a funding law limiting spending for assistance to Myanmar..."

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Steve Hirsch

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"The Diplomat"

Date of Publication: 

2014-04-30

Date of entry: 

2014-07-14

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English

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