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WASHINGTON
(AP) -- The Obama administration has named the first full ambassador to
Myanmar in more than two decades as U.S. political ties warm with the
former Southeast Asian pariah state.
As has
been long expected, the White House tapped its current special envoy for
Myanmar to become a full ambassador. Derek Mitchell has overseen U.S.
engagement with Myanmar as the country also known as Burma has undergone
startling political reform.
If confirmed by
the Senate, Mitchell would be the first U.S. ambassador in the country
since 1990. The U.S. is currently represented by a lower-level
diplomatic officer.
The announcement came
ahead of a meeting Thursday between Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton and Myanmar's visiting foreign minister.
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