Laura Bush calls on Myanmar junta to `` step aside , '' allow for a democracy . The US State Department has called the military junta's actions in Burma "deplorable and unacceptable" while also urging it to respect human rights and democracy. The humanitarian rights situation in Myanmar has been a cause for the first lady in the past few months as the crisis there worsened . Junta should release Aun Sung Suu Kyi and other opposition leaders , she says . Her rare foray into foreign policy was published in the Wall Street Journal .
Laura Bush calls on Myanmar junta to `` step aside , '' allow for a democracy . The US State Department has called the military junta's actions in Burma "deplorable and unacceptable" while also urging it to respect human rights and democracy. Junta should release Aun Sung Suu Kyi and other opposition leaders , she says . Her rare foray into foreign policy was published in the Wall Street Journal .