80 million unexploded bombs: Obama pledges US help for LaosVIENTIANE, Laos — Declaring a “moral obligation” to heal the wounds of a secret war, President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged help to clear away the 80 million unexploded bombs the U.S. dropped on Laos a generation ago — more than 10 for every one of the country’s 7 million people. U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks to the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders at the East West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. August 31, 2016. Obama plans to put a human face on the issue when he meets Wednesday in Vientiane with survivors of bombs that America dropped. Obama was one of several world leaders visiting Laos to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. So with just four months left in office, Obama used his historic trip to Laos to reassert his aims.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 06, 2016 20:48 UTC