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The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, similar to foreign ministries, foreign offices, ministries of external relations, etc. in other countries. It is administered by the Secretary of State, the office of which is held by Hillary Clinton, effective January 21, 2009.

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Palestinian and Syrian women shout slogans during a march held at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, near Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, against Israel's attempts to increase its influence and the rededication Monday of a historic synagogue in the Jewish quarter of the Old City. Syria
US President Barack Obama (R) delivers a statement to the nation following the vote in the House of Representatives on health care reform from the East Room of the White House in Washignton, DC, March 21, 2010. Barack Obama
An Iraqi man lights a cigarette for a soldier from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment of the Second infantry Division during a search operation in the Shaab neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007. Iraq
Myanmar-born US activist Kway Zaw Lwin smiles as he gets into a car on March 19, 2010 after arriving at Dulles International Airport following his release by Myanmar's military regime on March 18, 2010. Kyaw Zaw Lwin, 40, recounted what he called 'mental torture' in the six months since his arrest during which he said he was kept mostly in a solitary, insect-infested cell. Kyaw Zaw Lwin said he traveled to Myanmar to visit his mother, who is herself detained for political activities and is suffering from cancer. He never saw her. He was arrested on September 3, 2009 and said he was deprived of food and water during his first two weeks of detention. The treatment later improved, but only slightly. Myanmar
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton seen during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo just outside Moscow, Friday, March 19, 2010. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that American and Russian negotiators are "on the brink" of agreement on a nuclear arms reduction treaty. Hillary Rodham Clinton
WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: Members of Congress hold up signs from the second floor of the Capitol as demonstrators protest from the lawn on March 21, 2010 in Washington, DC. Later today the House is scheduled to vote on Health Care Legislation that has divided both sides of Congress. U.S. Congress
Nyi Nyi Aung, right, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, and his fiancee, Wa Wa Kyaw, smile as he speaks with reporters at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release. Nyi Nyi Aung
Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, left, and Haiti's Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive speaks during a press conference in front of the damaged national palace building in Port-au-Prince, Saturday, March. 20, 2010. A magnitude-7 earthquake struck Haiti last Jan. 12. Haiti
Uzbekistan's Yuliya Tarasova competes in the women's long jump qualifying round at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships at the Aspire Dome in the Qatari capital Doha on March 13, 2010. Tarasova is qualified for the final. Uzbekistan
An Israeli soldier eats his lunch on top of Damascus gate in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, March 19, 2010. Top international diplomats on Friday called on Israel and the Palestinians to return to peace negotiations with a goal of reaching a final settlement that would create an independent Palestinian state within 24 months. They reiterated their condemnation of Israel's latest move to add Jewish housing in disputed east Jerusalem but did not escalate criticism of the Jewish state. Damascus
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, center left, and former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAulliffe, center right, watch the second half of the Notre Dame against Pittsburgh NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament, Thursday, March 11, 2010, in New York. Notre Dame won 50-45. Bill Clinton
From left to right, Pentagon Police Officers Marvin Carraway, Colin Richards, and Jeffrey Amos, stand together outside the Pentagon in Washington, on Monday, March 8, 2010. The officers returned fire at suspected Pentagon metro shooter John Patrick Bedell on Thursday March 4, 2010. The Pentagon
In this Feb. 22, 2010 photo released by the United States Agency for International Development, Abdul Zahir speaks to locals during a shura, or meeting, in Marjah, Afghanistan. Abdul Zahir, appointed as the new civilian chief in Marjah just seized from the Taliban, has a violent criminal record in Germany, but Western officials said Saturday, March 6, 2010, they are not pushing to oust him. ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY. United States Agency for International Development
Under a picture of Iran's late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, talks with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. Iran
In this image obtained via Twitter astronaut Soichi Noguchi aboard the International Space Station posted this image showing the Sahara Desert, the first view out of the cupola's windows on the observation deck of the the Tranquility module station early Wednesday morning Feb. 17, 2010. Twitter Inc
Pakistani policemen display pictures of arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to the media in Karachi on March 20, 2010. Pakistan police arrested three Taliban militants planning 'big terror attacks' amid a wave of violence engulfing the financial hub Karachi, the force said. Taliban

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, speaks with reporters at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, speaks with reporters at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, speaks with reporters at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, speaks with reporters at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, right, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, and his fiancee, Wa Wa Kyaw, smile as he speaks with reporters at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, right, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, and his fiancee, Wa Wa Kyaw, smile as he speaks with reporters at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, hugs his fiancee, Wa Wa Kyaw, at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, hugs his fiancee, Wa Wa Kyaw, at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, reaches to hug fiancee Wa Wa Kyaw at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, reaches to hug fiancee Wa Wa Kyaw at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) speaks to reporters with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (R) before their meeting at the State Department on March 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness are also in the US capital for the St Patrick's Day celebrations.

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WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) speaks to reporters with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (R) before their meeting at the State Department on March 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness are also in the US capital for the St Patrick's Day celebrations.

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WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd L) speaks to reporters with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (3rd L) before their meeting at the State Department on March 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness are also in the US capital for the St Patrick's Day celebrations.

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WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd L) speaks to reporters with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (3rd L) before their meeting at the State Department on March 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness are also in the US capital for the St Patrick's Day celebrations.

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WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) speaks to reporters with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (R) before their meeting at the State Department on March 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness are also in the US capital for the St Patrick's Day celebrations.

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WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) speaks to reporters with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (R) before their meeting at the State Department on March 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness are also in the US capital for the St Patrick's Day celebrations.

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WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) speaks to reporters with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (R) before their meeting at the State Department on March 16, 2010 in Washington, DC.

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WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) speaks to reporters with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (R) before their meeting at the State Department on March 16, 2010 in Washington, DC.

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Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness (R) speaks as Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) look on ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness (R) speaks as Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) look on ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) speaks as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) and Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness (R) look on ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) speaks as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) and Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness (R) look on ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) speaks as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) looks on ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) speaks as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) looks on ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) makes her way to the Treaty Room to pose for a photo with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) makes her way to the Treaty Room to pose for a photo with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) speaks as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) and Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness (R) look on ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) speaks as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) and Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness (R) look on ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness (R) speaks as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) and Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) look on ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness (R) speaks as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) and Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) look on ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) speaks as Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness (R) look on ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) speaks as Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness (R) look on ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) makes her way to the Treaty Room to pose for a photo with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) makes her way to the Treaty Room to pose for a photo with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness ahead of a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin speaks during a press conference with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton following a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin speaks during a press conference with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton following a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin speaks during a press conference with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton following a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin speaks during a press conference with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton following a bilateral meeting on March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a press conference as Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin looks on following a bilateral meeting March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington, DC.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a press conference as Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin looks on following a bilateral meeting March 16, 2010 at the State Department in Washington, DC.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, speaks with reporters at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, speaks with reporters at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, speaks with reporters at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, speaks with reporters at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, right, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, and his fiancee, Wa Wa Kyaw, smile as he speaks with reporters at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, right, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, and his fiancee, Wa Wa Kyaw, smile as he speaks with reporters at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, hugs his fiancee, Wa Wa Kyaw, at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, hugs his fiancee, Wa Wa Kyaw, at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, reaches to hug fiancee Wa Wa Kyaw at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, reaches to hug fiancee Wa Wa Kyaw at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Md., Friday, March 19, 2010. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the country's military junta, said the government pardoned and deported Nyi Nyi Aung after giving "special consideration to bilateral friendship" after the U.S. State Department requested his release.

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