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...that was it. More words followed from the President about his concern for completing the long, tortuous investigation into the fate of U.S. servicemen in the Vietnam War who are still listed as MIA, or missing in action. Even as he spoke, though, recognition of Hanoi was a reality. A foreign policy initiative that no White House incumbent since 1975 has felt safe enough or accommodating enough to hazard was now Clinton's fait accompli...
WOODY ALLEN His appeal of pro-Mia custody decision is laughed out of court...
...July trip to meet with the Association of South East Asian Nations in Brunei. If he receives the go-ahead, Christopher will make a diplomatic stop in Hanoi. Although many business leaders support full relations with Vietnam,relatives of soldiers missing in Vietnam oppose the moveas long as the MIA issue remains unresolved. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), aformer Vietnam War POWwho has long supported normalizing relations, says he will offer a Senate resolution supporting the move with Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.), who lost a leg in Vietnam. The support of two such distinguished senators and war heroes, saysTIME...
...former congressman who claims that American MIAs are being held prisoner 20 years after the end of the Vietnam War is now getting official U.S. attention. A Pentagon official arrived in Hanoi today to investigate the charges by Billy Hendon, a onetime Republican lawmaker from North Carolina who had briefly handcuffed himself Saturday to the gate of a U.S. office in Hanoi that deals with MIA reports. Though no U.S. official has publicly given credence to reports of MIAs still held captive, Hendon says a contact in Thailand told him an intelligence source saw the prisoners in February. He refused...
Critics find the strategy puzzling, especially since the MIA issue is increasingly seen as a phantasm. Allegations that the Vietnamese withhold data have been all but discredited by a wave of assistance from Hanoi. Of the remaining 2,211 mias, the number who were last seen alive but have never been accounted for has dwindled from 196 to 55, and progress has been made in reducing the number of other outstanding priority cases. And although Vietnam has been deceitful in the past, U.S. officials have applauded its cooperation in the past year. "What can we be cheated on at this...