Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

that it was her initiative, rather than his.

Obama was greeted with euphoria in Burma, where where tens of thousands of people lined the streets of Yangon to cheer the first American president to visit a country that until recently had long been isolated from the West. “You gave us hope,” Obama declared in Yangon.

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From the airport, Obama headed straight to the Peace Palace for a meeting with Hun Sen that later was described by U.S. officials as a tense encounter dominated by the president voicing concerns about Cambodia’s human rights record. He specifically raised the lack of free and fair elections, the detention of political prisoners and land seizures, officials said.

Deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said Obama told the prime minister that those issues are “an impediment” to a deeper relationship between the U.S. and Cambodia. Rhodes said Hun Sen defended his country’s record, saying unique circumstances motivate its policies and practices. Still, the prime minister expressed a desire to deepen ties with the U.S., Rhodes said.

Earlier in Burma, Obama addressed a national audience from the University of Yangon, offering a “hand of friendship” and a lasting U.S. commitment, yet a warning, too. He said the new civilian government must nurture democracy or watch it, and U.S. support, disappear.

The six-hour stop in Burma was the centerpiece of a four-day trip to Southeast Asia that began in Bangkok and ends Tuesday in Cambodia, where Obama will visit with Chinese, Japanese and Southeast Asia leaders in addition to attending the East Asia Summit with regional leaders.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-have-emotional-visit-with-burma-democracy-activist-aung-san-suu-kyi

Also, while Aung San Suu Kyi did get coverage, I think it's naive to assume it had nothing to do with the TPP. More was done with that after the trip than anything else. In either case, I really don't see claiming the credit (or blame) for Hillary, rather than Obama.

The visit (Hillary's) comes weeks after President Obama toured Asia and made a series of announcements bolstering American commitments in the region.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-15997268