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U.S. Preparations for Relief Efforts for Burma
USAID Administrator Fore (May 8): "The United States Agency for International Development has allocated ...$3.25 million in initial assistance to date. ...The assistance will be allocated by the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team, what we call DART. It is currently prepositioned in Bangkok and awaiting permission to enter Burma. We are urgently requesting visas." Full Text | Key Developments

Burmese Monks Visit State Department
Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and Assistant Secretary David Kramer welcomed two Burmese monks, U Gawsita [right and U Pyannyar Thi Ri [left] to the State Department on April 11. U Gawsita and U Pannyasiri participated in the pro-democracy demonstrations in Rangoon in September, 2007.Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and Assistant Secretary David Kramer welcomed two Burmese monks, U Gawsita (right) and U Pyannyar Thi Ri (left) to the State Department on April 11. U Gawsita and U Pannyasiri participated in the pro-democracy demonstrations in Rangoon in September, 2007

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