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WASHINGTON — The Senate completed passage Thursday of legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’ highest civilian honor, to Myanmar democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi.
The bill passed the Senate on a voice vote without dissent.
The House had accepted the bill, also without dissent, in December and sent it to the Senate for final passage.
The politician, 62, has spent 12 of the past 18 years either in prison or under house arrest while the government remains in control of a military junta.
She won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.
