
Joe Bee Xiong
Special | 7m 29s
Joe Bee Xiong is the first Hmong-American elected to public office in Wisconsin.
Joe Bee Xiong was one of the first Hmong-Americans elected to public office in the United States, and the first to be elected in Wisconsin. Joe Bee entered the military when he was only 12 years old. He talks about his years in the CIA's "secret war" in Southeast Asia, his relocation to Eau Claire and his service to its City Council.
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In Wisconsin is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

Joe Bee Xiong
Special | 7m 29s
Joe Bee Xiong was one of the first Hmong-Americans elected to public office in the United States, and the first to be elected in Wisconsin. Joe Bee entered the military when he was only 12 years old. He talks about his years in the CIA's "secret war" in Southeast Asia, his relocation to Eau Claire and his service to its City Council.
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