Engage with Myanmar for transition to civilian rule: WH

From Lalit K JhaWashington, May 19 (PTI) The US is carefully exploring thepossibility of using a calibrated military-to-militaryengagement with Myanmar to support a transition to civiliangovernment, a top White House official has said, a day afterAmerica eased economic sanctions on the country.

"We are carefully exploring in close consultation withCongress what can be done to use calibrated military-to-military engagement to support a transition to civilian rule,"Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said this weekafter the US eased as series of sanctions against Myanmar.

Rhodes, who has played a key role in the Obamaadministration's Myanmar policy and is said to be the manbehind pushing for a new policy with this country, said thatsome problems remain inherent in Myanmar's constitution. (Courtesy of msn.com)