Tag: Obama
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80 million unexploded bombs: Obama pledges U.S. help for Laos
U.S. Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, said Obama’s journey helps honor the Lao and Hmong veterans who supported the United States during the war. “The president’s visit to Laos reminds us of the Hmong and Lao individuals that served as part of the Special … Read Full Article
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Hmong comedian, activist reacts to Obama’s visit to Laos
Eau Claire (WQOW) – As President Obama becomes the first sitting president to visit Laos, some Eau Claire residents are watching the three day trip from afar and sharing their reaction. News 18 spoke with Tou Ger Bennett Xiong, a Hmong comedian and … Read Full Article
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Obama and the Secret US war in Laos
As the Royal Laotian army crumbled, CIA operatives recruited, armed and trained an anti-communist guerrilla force estimated at 30,000 from among hill tribes, largely the Hmong. These were bolstered by a secret army of mercenaries from Thailand and US … Read Full Article
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Obama and the US secret war in Laos
As the Royal Laotian army crumbled, CIA operatives recruited, armed and trained an anti-communist guerrilla force estimated at 30,000 from among hill tribes, largely the Hmong. These were bolstered by a secret army of mercenaries from Thailand and US … Read Full Article
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President Obama’s historic visit to Laos comes at the perfect time
It also gives hope and more opportunity to the more than 300,000 Hmong and 270,000 Laotian Americans to re-connect with their former homeland. California is home to the largest Hmong-American population (97,000) followed by Minnesota (67,000) and Wisconsin … Read Full Article
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Obama’s Visit to Laos: Part 2—The Legacy of the War
During the Vietnam War, successive U.S. administration authorized a secret conflict in Laos, which came to include arming a large, mostly Hmong army, heavy bombing, and the insertion of small groups of CIA trainers and other contractors into the country. Read Full Article
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Obama in Laos
An NBC News story described Laotian and Hmong Americans as “cautiously optimistic” about the visit, including the possibility of further reconciliation after the war years, or at least bringing the two countries closer together. “The visit of … Read Full Article
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Obama Makes the First U.S. Presidential Visit to Laos: Part 1
There have been a series of attacks on vehicles traveling on the main road in central and northern Laos, in an area that was full of Hmong insurgent groups in the past. In addition, there has been a string of killings of Chinese nationals in Laos over the … Read Full Article
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Laotian, Hmong Americans Cautiously Optimistic Ahead of Obama’s Laos Visit
Some Laotian Americans and Hmong Americans are cautiously optimistic about President Barack Obama’s visit to Laos next week. Obama will be the first U.S. president to visit the country, according to the White House, with stops at the U.S.-ASEAN Summit and … Read Full Article
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Obama visit will ‘basically’ normalize relations with Laos
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. The refugee population includes former residents of the Laotian lowlands as well as the Hmong, whose Vietnam War-era assistance for the CIA and U.S. Special Forces in the country’s mountainous regions made them … Read Full Article
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Obama’s upcoming visit to Laos aims to begin new chapter
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. The president’s visit could elicit a mixed bag of reactions from the Lao, Hmong and other ethnic groups who now call the U.S. home, according to Kou Yang, a retired ethnic studies professor who taught at … Read Full Article
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Obama Set to Announce More Funding for Clearing Old Bombs in Laos
In 2004, in an ethnic Hmong village close to the provincial capital, Phonsavan, Ai Vue lost her son and two nephews when they discovered an unexploded bomb lodged in a tree stump near their home. “We don’t know if they knocked it or if it just fell and … Read Full Article
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His message to new refugees in Montana: ‘You have to have thick skin’
(The other state is Wyoming.) The last time the IRC had an office in Montana was 25 years ago; it closed in 1991 after a push to resettle Hmong refugees fleeing Vietnam was completed. With the Obama administration under a tight deadline to hit its goal of … Read Full Article