VIENTIANE, Laos—President Barack Obama on Tuesday recognized America’s secret war in Laos and the remnants that linger here decades later, a symbolic gesture intended to move relations between the two countries beyond their dark past. Mr. Obama, the first sitting U.S. leader to visit the small Southeast Asian nation, stopped short of apologizing for the conflict, but said he came to the country in the “spirit of reconciliation.”...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 06, 2016 05:39 UTC