Libya, Vietnam win seats on U.N. Security Council

Libya, Vietnam win seats on U.N. Security Council

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Reacting to Bush speech, Vietnam focuses on present

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" Vietnamese fought for "a righteous cause" during the U.S. war but preferred to focus on the present, a government spokesman said on Thursday in reaction to President George W. Bush's speech comparing the Iraq and Vietnam conflicts.

"The war leaves consequences that are still visible today, and so are our memories," Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Le Dung said at one of his twice-monthly media briefings."

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSHAN20461920070823

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Bush Says U.S. Leaving Iraq Early Risks Bloodshed as in Vietnam

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'President George W. Bush laid out his argument for maintaining the U.S. presence in Iraq, asserting that an early pullout would lead to the kind of bloodshed Southeast Asia experienced after American forces left Vietnam.

Bush, who in the past has drawn distinctions between the conflict in Iraq and the Vietnam war, said the situation in the Middle East is comparable to that in Southeast Asia before the U.S. left Vietnam in 1975."

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