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** FILE ** In this Nov. 19, 2012, photo, President Barack Obama "douses 11 flames" as he tours the Shwedagon Pagoda with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Yangon, Myanmar. Little noticed during Obama's landmark visit to Myanmar was a significant concession that could shed light on whether that nation's powerful military pursued a clandestine nuclear weapons program, possibly with North Korea's help. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Obama boards Air Force One at Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, on Nov. 19, 2012, en route to Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where he will attend the East Asia Summit. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks Nov. 19, 2012, at University of Yangon in Yangon, Myanmar. In a historic trip to a long shunned land, Obama showered praise and promises of more U.S. help to Myanmar if the Asian nation keeps building its new democracy. (Associated Press

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President Obama (right) tours the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, on Nov. 19, 2012. In a historic trip to a long shunned land, Obama showered praise and promises of more U.S. help to Myanmar if the Asian nation keeps building its new democracy. (Associated Press)

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Members of the audience, including Myanmar Buddhist leader Sitagu Sayadaw (right front), look to the stage Nov. 19, 2012, as President Obama speaks at Yangon University in Yangon, Myanmar. It was the first visit to Myanmar by a sitting U.S. president. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (left in foreground) and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi sit together before President Obama speaks Nov. 19, 2012, at University of Yangon in Yangon, Myanmar. (Associated Press)

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President Obama waves as he embraces Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Nov. 19, 2012, after addressing the media at her residence in Yangon, Myanmar. Obama, who touched down that morning, became the first U.S. president to visit the Asian nation also known as Burma. (Associated Press)

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U.S. President Barack Obama and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi shake hands after speaking to the media at her residence in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Obama who touched down Monday morning, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the Asian nation also known as Burma, said his historic visit to Myanmar marks the next step in a new chapter between the two countries. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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From left, Thein Sein, president of Myanmar; Benigno Aquino III, president of the Philippines; Lee Hsien Loong, prime minister of Singapore; Yingluck Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand; Nguyen Tan Dung, prime minister of Vietnam; and Hun Sen, prime minister of Cambodia, join hands after a signing ceremony of adoption of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration during a summit for the association in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Children walk near a graffiti painted by Myanmar artist Arker Kyaw to welcome U.S. President Obama on a street in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 17, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Workers repair light fixtures out side the Yangon University's Convocation Hall, where U.S. President Obama is anticipated to deliver a lecture on his historic visit in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Obama, who visits Myanmar on November 19, will meet democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein on the first visit to the country by a sitting US president. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)