U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel smiles during a meeting with Ouch Borith (not pictured), secretary of state at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, in Phnom Penh, November 4, 2013. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to Myanmar said on Tuesday he does not anticipate major changes in U.S. sanctions in the wake of the country's historic election last month.
"I would not anticipate, nor recommend any dramatic change," Scot Marciel, currently a deputy assistant secretary of State and former ambassador to Indonesia, said at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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