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Pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hold hands as they speak after meeting at Suu Kyi's residence in Yangon, Myanmar, on Dec. 2, 2011.

Hillary Clinton embraces Aung San Suu Kyi following historic talks

msnbc.com news services report:

Hillary Clinton held hands with Aung San Suu Kyi on the porch of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate's lakeside home — where she spent much of the past two decades under house arrest — and thanked her for her "steadfast and very clear leadership."

After the meeting, they embraced and seemed visibly moved by their encounter.

"You have been an inspiration but I know that you feel you are standing for all the people of your country who deserve the same rights and freedoms as people everywhere," Clinton told Suu Kyi. Read the full story.

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For some reason I wish Hillary would really shake up the political scene and announce her candidacy for President of the United States.

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