Thomas H. Andrews: “I sincerely hope that the United States and the international community will rise to the occasion of this historic…”

The people of Burma need to know that the people of the United States and the world are with them not only in word but in deed.

This is a security issue, if I have ever seen one, and it demands the attention of the world at the highest levels.

The people of Burma are rising up from all walks of life, every ethnic and religious background, and from every corner of the nation as a diverse yet powerfully unified whole.

Just yesterday, a 7-year-old girl was shot and killed by Burmese security forces.