Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: What Happened to Aung San Suu Kyi?
Description: When Ben Rhodes first met Aung San Suu Kyi she exuded the all traits that made her such an international icon for human rights and democracy. It was 2012, and Ben Rhodes, who was the deputy national security advisor, was accompanying Barack Obama in an historic visit to Myanmar. As he puts it, this meeting was the high water mark for her moral authority. There was a hopefulness, surrounding her, he says. Now seven years later, she has stripped of many international accolades, honors and prizes. At issue is the fact that as the most powerful civilian leader i...