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Madison school board names school after controversial Hmong general

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The Madison school board is facing criticism for its decision to name a new elementary school after a former Hmong general.A U-W Madison professor says General Vang Pao [POW] is a poor choice for such an honor, but many in the Hmong community say Pao led them out of Communist oppression and into new lives in the U.S.Brian Bull reports…

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