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Matt Salmon: “I don't think that Burma can try to tout to the world that they really have reformed and that they are a true democracy…”

On the recordOctober 20, 2015
I don't think that Burma can try to tout to the world that they really have reformed and that they are a true democracy until the most popular political figure in the country, Aung San Suu Kyi, is eligible to lead that country.
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Matt Salmon
Arizona

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Salmon emphasizes the need for Aung San Suu Kyi's eligibility for true democracy in Burma.

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