U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

On Wednesday, July 11, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will arrive in Vientiane, Lao PDR, marking the first time that an active U.S. Secretary of State has visited the country since 1955. Legacies of War has been pushing for this groundbreaking trip since July 2011, when it joined with all six former U.S. Ambassadors to Laos in encouraging the Secretary to visit the country and to make a long-term commitment to addressing the crisis caused by unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over by U.S. bombings during the Vietnam War era. More…