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 Rakhine state "ethnic cleansing" and urged it to respect human rights as well as international law. Junta should release Aun Sung Suu Kyi and other opposition leaders , she says . U.S. first lady Laura Bush said the junta `` should step aside to make way for a unified Burma . '' 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 Rakhine state "ethnic cleansing" and urged it to respect human rights as well as international law. 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 .