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After general’s arrest, search for a new namesake begins

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The Madison School Board voted unanimously last night to reconsider a new name for a school it had previously christened, “General Vang Pao Elementary”.The decision follows months of heated controversy surrounding the man many Hmong revere as a great leader, but others deem a war criminal. Brian Bull prepared this report…

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