The Irrawaddy editor Aung Zaw interviewed US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell prior to Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD?s decision not to register for the election. In November, Kurt Campbell met opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and military junta Prime Minister Thein Sein when he led the US?s first high-level delegation to Burma in 14 years. US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell takes a question during a press conference at the US embassy in Tokyo in September ... He spoke to The Irrawaddy about the regime?s recent election law, US sanctions, Asean and the political unrest in Thailand.