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Article: VOA NEWS: U.S.-VIETNAM GROUP TACKLES TOXIC AGENT ORANGE LEGACY
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 20, 2007
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
A U.S.-Vietnam initiative is being launched to deal with the legacy of a toxic chemical used by U.S. troops during the Vietnam War.
The Ford Foundation is coordinating the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange. The group's aim is to build a bipartisan humanitarian approach to cleaning up "Agent Orange." It says past diplomatic efforts have been difficult.
One member of the group, Todd Whitman says the time is right for the two countries to address the chemical's legacy and to bring discussion of the unresolved issue into the ...