On Monday, 19 November 2012, Obama made a historic, first-ever for a serving U.S. president, visit to Myanmar where he praised the country's move towards democracy and promised more US investment. He even chose to use the name Myanmar, which is diplomatically controversial to the US who officially does not recognize the former military government's name change from Burma. From the tone of Obama's speech at Myanmar's University of Yangon,…
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