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Aung San Suu Kyi Visit Indicates Progress in US-Burma Relationship

Brian Padden

Published September 17, 2012

Burma democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in the United States this week, only her second trip overseas after spending most of the past two decades in detention. Her trip includes stops in Washington, New York and the central states of Kentucky and Indiana. As VOA’s Brian Padden reports, her visit comes as the Obama administration is considering easing its remaining sanctions on Burma.

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