Mr. President. today. I introduce with Senator GORDON SMITH a bill to grant Vietnam permanent normal trade relations status. Thirtyone years ago. the lights went out on the relationship between the United States and Vietnam. Diplomatic relations were broken off. and trade ceased. The story between our two countries became one of refugees. prisoners of war. and soldiers missing in action. Hostility and mistrust prevailed. Normalization was a dream of the visionary or the fool. In 199116 years after the last helicopters took off from the roof of the U.S. Embassy in Saigonflickers of reconciliation emerged out of the darkness.
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