A market in Rangoon, Burma, November 18
Monday (in Asia!):
ICT (12 hours ahead of US EST):
9:0 AM: The President departs Bangkok, Thailand en route Rangoon, Burma
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MMT (11.5 hours ahead of US EST):
9:40 AM: Arrives Rangoon, Burma
10:25 AM: Meets with President Thein Sein of Burma
12:05 PM: Meets with Aung San Suu Kyi
12:35 PM: The President and Aung San Suu Kyi deliver remarks
1:05 PM: The President meets and greets with United States Embassy personnel
2:15 PM: Delivers remarks at the University of Yangon
3:20 PM: Departs Rangoon, Burma en route Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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ICT (12 hours ahead of US EST):
5:40 PM Arrives Phnom Penh, Cambodia
6:05 PM: Meets with Prime Minister Han Sen of Cambodia
6:35 PM: Attends the ASEAN-U.S. leaders meeting
8:30 PM: Arrives at Diamond Island Convention Center for the East Asia Summit Dinner
Details here
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Tuesday: The President will remain in Cambodia for the East Asia Summit. In the evening, he will depart en route Washington, DC.
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AP: The soldiers began to shoot students at Rangoon University at 6:30pm. Hla Shwe watched, cowering in a nearby building, as his friends died. “I heard the shouting,” he recalled. “They shot whoever they saw.”
It was July 7, 1962, the day rage at the military’s recent coup boiled over and a date now seared into the memory of Hla Shwe, who is 75 years old.
“I got the idea that if they used the gun against students, why shouldn’t we use guns to fight them?” he said.
When President Barack Obama speaks at Hla Shwe’s alma mater Monday, he will be treading on ground heavy with political and historical significance….
… “Obama knows very well about the history of Yangon University, I think. This is an enemy place for the authorities,” said Hla Shwe, who fought with Communist insurgents and spent 25 years as a political prisoner. “The American government is trying to show in a delicate way that they are not only working for the government but will also take care of the Burmese people.”
More here
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