Quotes of the Day

Former military leader Gen. Vang Pao, center, meets with the Twin Cities Hmong community in St. Paul, Minn.m on Friday, May 21, 2004
Friday, Jan. 07, 2011

Open quoteHe's the last of his kind — the last of the leadership that carries that reference that everyone holds dear.Close quote

  • BLONG XIONG,
  • a Fresno, Calif., city councilman and Hmong American, on the death Thursday, Jan. 6, of former Laotian general and revered Hmong guerrilla leader Vang Pao at age 81
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