First Lady Calls for U.N. Resolution Over Ongoing Strife in Burma

During her recent vacation at the family ranch near Crawford, Tex., first lady Laura Bush was reading news articles about the ongoing strife in Burma, where the military government has been arresting dissidents and protesters in large numbers in recent weeks. When she returned to Washington last...
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Michael Abramowitz

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