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On the recordSeptember 29, 2009
I think it is also hubris for the United States to think that we can move that document. I think we can encourage rethinking about it, but it is up to the Burmese themselves.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Jim Webb warns against U.S. overreach in influencing Myanmar's constitutional changes.

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