U.S. senators look to back up Biden administration over Myanmar coup

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) asks a question to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington, DC, U.S. July 30, 2020. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Republican Senator Todd Young will introduce a resolution on Thursday urging Myanmar's military to step back from this week's coup, Cardin told Reuters, backing up the Biden administration's pressure for the release of Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

"They have to make a choice," Cardin said, explaining that the purpose of the resolution is to show there will be consequences for the seizure of power.