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Visiting Myanmar, Rex Tillerson is right to stand up for the Rohingya

By Tom Rogan
Published November 15, 2017 5:51pm ET
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Visiting Myanmar, Rex Tillerson is right to stand up for the Rohingya
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a joint press conference with Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi at the Foreign Ministry office in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Tillerson said Wednesday that his country was deeply concerned by "credible reports" of atrocities committed by Myanmar's security forces and called for an independent investigation into a humanitarian crisis that has seen hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya flee to Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo) | Aung Shine Oo

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson deserves credit for using his visit to Myanmar to condemn that nation’s treatment of the Rohingya people.

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