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Rakhine State: Patrick Murphy and Administration Officials

rakhine state: My bosses have said it appears to be ethnic cleansing, according to The Chronicle Herald. I'm of that view as well, said Patrick Murphy, a senior U.S. diplomat for Southeast Asia, while adding that the final call wasn't his to make. Angry lawmakers on Tuesday demanded an immediate denunciation as they explored a new, tougher U.S. policy. Tillerson could receive the recommendation to adopt such terminology as a matter of policy as early as this week, officials familiar with the process told The Associated Press. At a Senate hearing Tuesday, lawmakers pressed Murphy and other administration officials to hastily clarify their view of the brutal crackdown on Muslims in Rakhine State that has caused more than 600,000 refugees to flee to Bangladesh. He would then decide whether to follow the advice of his agency's policy experts and lawyers, which would raise pressure on the U.S. government to consider new sanctions on a country that had been lauded for its democratic transition. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.