The Veterans benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000 helped set the precedent for amendments like the one proposed by Sen. The action has been filed as an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill which is currently being considered by the U.S. Because of the exodus, large, close-knit Hmong communities exist today in California, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Alaska.

Many were forced to leave their home countries. forces left Southeast Asia, persecution of the Hmong, which had long existed, intensified. missions, and over 100,000 lost their lives during involvement with the U.S.Īfter the war ended and U.S. Thousands of Hmong participated in the U.S. During the war in Vietnam, the American CIA conducted covert and rescue operations that utilized Hmong volunteers, many of whom had already been involved in other regional conflicts. The Hmong are an indigenous people whose traditional territory covers mountainous regions of northern Southeast Asia. during the Vietnam War, according to a press release.

Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski on Thursday filed an amendment that would allow Vietnam War-era Hmong covert operations volunteers to be buried in national cemeteries as a gesture of gratitude and honor for their services to the U.S.

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