Barack Obama actually said...

I call on the Burmese Government to release National League for Democracy secretary general and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi from detention immediately and unconditionally.

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Statement on the Detention of Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma

05/25/2009

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