With a second term locked down, President Obama is on his first post-reelection foreign trip to Southeast Asia, where he's expected to recognize emerging nations for their steps toward democracy and to try to strengthen ally support in the face of the United States' looming fellow superpower China .
To kick off the four-day tour, he starts in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday afternoon, local time (Sunday morning Eastern Time), and will be met by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for a sit-down with the Thai prime minister to "underscore our strong alliance and shared priorities and regional issues," according to Clinton's office. The two will then travel to Rangoon, Myanmar for a meeting with the Burmese president, and will finish in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for the East Asia Summit.
Mr. Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Myanmar - the former pariah state also called Burma -
Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2012/11/18/obama-visits-asia-amid-lingering-issues-at-home/
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