In historic visit, Clinton reaches out to Laos

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, speaks with Phongsavath Souliyalat, who lost his forearms and sight from a blast of an unexploded bomb left since Vietnam War while she tours the Cooperative Orthotic Prosthetic Enterprise Center (COPE), in Vientiane, Laos, Tuesday.

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Decades after the U.S. gave Laos a horrific distinction as the world’s most heavily bombed nation per person, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged Wednesday to help get rid of millions of unexploded bombs that still pockmark the impoverished country...

Published: 07/12/2012