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Gautam Mukhopadhaya, another former Indian ambassador to Myanmar, said Min Aung Hlaing "is trying to acquire greater regional and international respectability as an elected president".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Also, how do you see yourself addressing this anti-war, pro-peace facet of your work should you be elected to the state senate?

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Challenging Bass from the left is Raman, who was elected in 2020 as the first DSA-backed L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

That may not save Perry and his colleagues, said Curtis, who predicted that “they probably won’t run again—I think people fully expect those county commissioners will never be elected again.”

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

Later, John Palmer, the half-Sioux lawyer, sent a letter to Charles Curtis, a U.S. senator from Kansas; part-Kaw, part-Osage, Curtis was then the highest official with acknowledged Indian ancestry ever elected to office.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann