Clinton Dines With Suu Kyi

Meeting highlights secretary of state's trip to Burma
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 1, 2011 3:07 PM CST
Hillary Clinton Dines With Burma Opposition Leader Aung San Suu-Kyi
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi talk prior to dinner in Rangoon, Myanmar.   (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

Hillary Clinton may have met with Burma's president earlier today, but the real highlight of her trip to the reclusive nation came at dinner time: She ate with longtime opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, notes the AP. The two women spoke of matters both personal (Clinton called her a personal inspiration, and Suu Kyi has read books by both Hillary and Bill) and political (including Suu Kyi's plans to run for office), adds the Washington Post. They are due to meet again tomorrow. (More Hillary Clinton stories.)

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