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Obama Makes Historic Visit to Myanmar

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President Barack Obama, alongside Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Burmese Foreign minister Wunna Maung Lwin, are greeted with flowers as they arrive at Yangon International Airport during a historical visit to Myanmar. Obama is the first U.S. president to visit the country.

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Burmese women welcome President Obama as he arrives at Yangon International Airport in Myanmar.

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President Obama speaks at the University of Yangon during his historic visit to Myanmar.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens alongside Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as President Obama speaks at the University of Yangon during his visit to the country.

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President Obama and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speak to the press at her residence in Yangon.

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The crowd cheers as Barack Obama arrives at Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's house in Yangon.

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People holding a poster with portraits of President Obama, Myanmar President Thein Sein, and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they wait to welcome Obama's arrival.

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President Obama and Hillary Clinton are escorted around the grounds as they visit the Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar.

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President Obama performs a ritual as Hillary Clinton looks on during their visit to the Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar.

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President Obama meets with Myanmar President Thein Sein at Yangon Regional Parliament during Obama's historic visit to Myanmar.

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