President Bush's visit to Vietnam According to White House press secretary Tony Snow who speaking about President Bush's trip to Vietnam the "trip would not be a "look back" to the troubled history. "[I]t really is going to be a looking forward to areas of cooperation and shared concern, in terms of working with the Vietnamese." War legacies issues however, were not ignored completely. ...<< MORE >>

In a letter to President George Bush the War Legacies Project requested that during his visit to Vietnam this week the President pay attention to the long term environmental, health, and socio – economic impacts of two of the remaining legacies of the US war in Vietnam: unexploded ordnance (UXO) and the use of Agent Orange and other herbicides. << MORE >>