FILE – In this May 11, 2009 file photo, Former Laotian General Vang Pao, center, is escorted by supporters to the federal courthouse, in Sacramento, Calif. Pao, a former general in the Royal Army of Laos who led thousands of Hmong mercenaries in a CIA backed secret army during the Vietnam War, has died. He was 81. Pao died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, after being hospitalized for about 10 days, said Michelle Von Tersch, a spokeswoman for Clovis Community Medical Center. “He died today… the family
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General Vang Pao passed away
