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Senate committee votes 8‑4 to recommend recognizing Hmong Special Guerrilla Unit veterans as U.S. veterans
Summary
The State and Local Government Committee recommended passage of a bill to recognize the Hmong Special Guerrilla Unit (SGU) veterans for their service in the secret war in Laos and referred the measure to the Finance Committee after a roll‑call vote of 8‑4.
The Senate committee on State and Local Government on April 8 voted 8‑4 to recommend passage of Senate file 568, a bill that would recognize Special Guerrilla Unit (SGU) veterans who fought with U.S. forces in the secret war in Laos as veterans under state law.
Senator Herr, the bill's sponsor, told the committee the Hmong SGU were recruited to assist the United States in Laos during the Vietnam War era and that surviving veterans are now elderly and few in number in Minnesota. "Let's give them full recognition by…
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