Eager to banish lingering shadows of the Vietnam War, President Barack Obama lifted the U.S. embargo on selling arms to America’s former enemy Monday and made the case for a more trusting and prosperous relationship going forward. Bernard Edelman, deputy director of government affairs for the Vietnam Veterans of America, cited the good cooperation surrounding efforts to account for troops still missing in action. '”Al Huber, 69, is president of the Illinois state council of the Vietnam Veterans of America. “The wounds are too deep,” said Rylant, who served at an Air Force base in Thailand during the war. The conflict killed 57,000 American military personnel and as many as 2 million Vietnamese military and civilians.

Source: National Post May 23, 2016 19:15 UTC