Thursday, December 1, 2011
Pics from Burma: Hillary Meets Aung Sang Suu Kyi ... and more!
Mme. Secretary's day in Burma was a flurry of activity. Long awaited, her meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi took place at the residence of the U.S. Chief of Mission in Yangon. She also toured the centuries-old Shwedagon Pagoda there where she poured water on a statue of Buddha, a ritual meant to make one feel
good, placed flowers before another statue of Buddha, and rang an
enormous bell for good luck. In the capital, Nay Pyi Taw, she met
President Thein Sein and his wife Khin Khin Win as well as members of
parliament, one of whom appears to have bowed to her quite deeply