Sep 05 Obama pledges U.S. help for Laos to clear 80 million unexploded bombs By Josh Lederman and Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press Declaring a "moral obligation" to heal the wounds of a secret war, President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged help to clear away the 80 million unexploded bombs the U.S. dropped on Laos a generation ago. Continue reading
Nov 20 Watch 7:34 U.S. veteran leads clean-up of Vietnam War’s lethal remnants By PBS NewsHour There are still ongoing lethal consequences of the Vietnam War that ended in 1975. Undetonated "bomblets," dropped by the U.S. military during the conflict, are killing and maiming people who discover them by accident. To help close a painful chapter… Continue watching