President Obama his touring Southeast Asian nations after G-20 economic summit in China. Obama announces that USA will give $90 million dollars to Laos to clear unexploded Ordnance in that region.
President Obama on Tuesday in Laos said that the United States of America has a moral obligation to help this isolated Southeast Asian nation heal and also vowed to reinvigorate relations with a country with rising strategic importance to the U.S.
Obama further said that too few Americans know of the United State convert bombing of Laos during Vietnam war. President Obama didn't offer apologies, but called the campaign and its aftermath reminders.
"whatever the cause, whatever our intentions, war inflicts a terrible toll." President Obama said.
Obama further added that "given our history here, I believe that the United States has a moral obligation to help Laos heal."
Obama said, while addressing an audience of more than 1,000 students, business people and government officials. President Obama is the first U.S. sitting president to visit Laos since Vietnam war.
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Laotian President Bounnhang Vorachit, and President Obama
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