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Transcript: SENATORS FEINSTEIN AND MCCONNELL INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO AWARD CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI, LEADER OF
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- February 13, 2008
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Capitol Hill Press Releases
02-13-2008
For Immediate Release Senators Feinstein and McConnell Introduce Legislation
to Award Congressional Gold Medal to Aung San Suu Kyi, Leader of Burma's
Democratic Movement Contact: Scott Gerber 202-224-9629 February 13, 2008
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Mitch McConnell
(R-Ky.) today introduced a measure to award the Congressional Gold Medal
to Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma's democratic movement and Nobel Peace
Laureate. The bill has the bipartisan support of 73 other senators. The
Aung Sung Suu Kyi Congressional Gold Medal Act would recognize that Suu
Kyi embodies the qualities represented by the medal, the highest honor
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