Thein Sein - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Thein Sein Index / People Transcripts Daniel Russel ...still at the NSC when we arranged for Thein Sein , the then president, to come t... ...met at extraordinary length with Thein Sein , with Aung San Suu Kyi, and with Mi... ...after spending more and more time with Thein Sein , that he didn't fit the simpl... ...Development Party], and the election of Thein Sein and so on. He said, “We looked around... ...visit Myanmar; even the invitation to Thein Sein , and then subsequently for Aung Sa... Derek Mitchell ...address of that new president, Thein Sein , was unlike any other address we ha... ...also wanted to ask what your read of Thein Sein was at the time. As you said, thi... ...a meeting between Aung San Suu Kyi and Thein Sein , which I've read was important, to se... ...Then, she had regular dialogues with Thein Sein . She trusted him, and they had a... ...I presented my credentials to President Thein Sein , that, “I'm going to travel you... ...time. When Secretary Clinton met with Thein Sein , just after I arrived—I think was Jul... ...it; I discussed it with President Thein Sein . When President Obama came, it was ... ...building in Yangon, about to meet Thein Sein , the president, right off the plane... Show more... Thant Myint-U ...happened otherwise. How important was Thein Sein to this equation? And I'd also lik... ...ex-general, given the same cards that Thein Sein was given, would've or could've playe... ...could've played it differently. I think Thein Sein was willing to take certain risks, pus... ...first. Then, through them, I had met Thein Sein after he became president. Then, I wa... ...was in the spring of 2011—that the Thein Sein government had taken over. Within tha... ...to make sure that the new president, Thein Sein , moved in a certain direction. So... ...moment in a way was August of 2011 when Thein Sein met with Aung San Suu Kyi, when Aun... ...Aung San Suu Kyi agreed to meet with Thein Sein . And they both said, “Okay, well... ...it was a three-step process. It was Thein Sein taking political reforms much furthe... ...come—and then she met with President Thein Sein a second time a few months later i... ...of ex-generals, including President Thein Sein , who had been leading the reforms. Th... ...was that it would permanently displace Thein Sein and that engine of reform under thes... ...of the first things that the Thein Sein government did was to suspend ... ...on getting as close as possible to the Thein Sein government but without in any wa... ...to do with past regimes, including the Thein Sein government, if she had at that tim... Show more... Hillary Clinton ...the conversations with the president, Thein Sein , and with Aung San Suu Kyi, in he... Related Topics go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the Arts and Humanities Arts and Humanities go to the Russia Russia go to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Nuclear Nonproliferation go to the Veterans Veterans