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Several lawmakers have asked federal
officials to allow a key U.S. ally in the Vietnam War to be buried
at Arlington National Cemetery.


      California Reps. Jim Costa and Dennis Cardoza say Laotian Gen.
Vang Pao rightly earned the honor to be buried alongside American
soldiers.


      The general led Hmong guerrillas in a CIA-backed battle against
communists in Laos and was credited with resettling tens of
thousands of Hmong in American cities. He died last week in a
Central California hospital at the age of 81.


      Costa and Cardoza sent a letter Tuesday to Secretary of Veterans
Affairs Eric Shinseki and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, asking
for a waiver for an Arlington burial.


      Guam's delegate to Congress, Madeleine Bordallo, and
Pennsylvania Rep. Tim Holden also signed the letter.
      

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Several lawmakers have asked federal
officials to allow a key U.S. ally in the Vietnam War to be buried
at Arlington National Cemetery.


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