Video & Transcript Research : 'Lao Minnesotans'
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- , and Vietnamese Minnesotans.
- Then a third bill for the Lao, and a fourth bill for the Hmong.
- They put their lives on the line, disrupted their families, and are now Minnesotans.
- leaders, including the Lao veterans.
- On Asian Pacific Minnesotans.
Keywords:
cultural heritage, funding, White Earth Nation, tribal community, construction, Delano, sesquicentennial, community events, fall of Saigon, Saigon anniversary, Vietnam War commemoration, Vietnamese Minnesotans, Cambodian Minnesotans, Lao Minnesotans, Southeast Asian refugees, Asian American heritage, cultural heritage fund, Minnesota Humanities Center, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, equity funding
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- , zero funding for the Cambodian, the Lao, zero funding for the Cambodian, the Lao, and<00:18:08.799
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- , uh, the state did recognize our Lao, uh, the state did recognize our Lao, Cambonian,<00:24:06.000
- sitting with the Lao leaders, including the<00:32:10.399>
Lao <00:32:10.720>veterans, <
Keywords:
cultural heritage, funding, White Earth Nation, tribal community, construction, Delano, sesquicentennial, community events, fall of Saigon, Saigon anniversary, Vietnam War commemoration, Vietnamese Minnesotans, Cambodian Minnesotans, Lao Minnesotans, Southeast Asian refugees, Asian American heritage, cultural heritage fund, Minnesota Humanities Center, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, equity funding
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota Department of Self-Detailing Fraud Prevention Act is an important step in protecting Minnesotans
- Minnesotans who are suddenly dealing with this crime are able to provide an answer of why and how to
- One of the things that we heard most importantly in the Task Force on Aging is that Minnesotans want
- Minnesotans have already experienced service fragmentation.
- Along with equal protection under the law for all Minnesotans.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Our state constitution is one of the clearest reflections of our shared values as Minnesotans.
- Our state constitution is one of the clearest reflections of our shared values as Minnesotans.
- Our state constitution is one of the clearest reflections of our shared values as Minnesotans.
- And I believe Minnesotans are ready to answer it. Thank you. Chair Klevorn: Thank you.
- And I believe Minnesotans are ready to answer it. Thank you. Chair Klevorn: Thank you.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 Apr 29th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- Hmong and Lao Americans and other ethnic minority groups in Laos are here in the United States because
- the wherewithal to relocate outside of Laos, without looking back to see that those in Laos could not
- of lieutenant in the Royal Lao Army.
- Hmong and Lao SGU were the best.
- That's not just a huge number; 690,000 Minnesotans is a quarter of Minnesotans, and those are parents
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Vets Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- , known as the Secret War of Laos.
- So when the Lao were recruited, they were fighting for their country, which is Laos.
- I'm wearing a 1972 flying suit that I brought from Laos with me.
- Even Laos and Thailand call Hmong people stateless people.
- Army veteran and Minnesotan who served this great nation as a Colonel.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/9/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
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- the Secret War of Laos the Secret War of Laos and<00:02:52.720>
um and um and um their<00 - for a veteran of the Secret War in Laos. for a veteran of the Secret War in Laos.
- military personnels in Laos. military personnels in Laos.
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and They're not only Hmong but Laos and They're not only Hmong but Laos and - <00:37:55.880>
are the vast majority of Minnesotans are the vast majority of Minnesotans are
Keywords:
veterans benefits, Secret War, Laos veterans, eligibility process, burial fees, veteran designation, electronic license, driver's license, digital credential, transportation, data privacy, authentication, license plates, vehicle registration, validation stickers, Minnesota statutes, transportation policy, aeronautics, transponder, aircraft safety
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 4/29/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 Apr 30th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And solemn remembrance of the service, sacrifice, and bravery of Minnesotans, including United States
- veterans and Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese Minnesotans involved in the Vietnam War on the 50th
- Whereas 58,220 American soldiers and over 313,000 Vietnamese, 50,000 Lao, and 35,000 Hmong.
- fell to the Pathet Lao forces in December 1975.
- , and 4,210 Vietnamese Minnesotans. 4,210 Vietnamese Minnesotans.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
State Government Finance and Policy
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is Council on Asian Pacific minnesotans is Council on Asian Pacific minnesotans - That summer, the Pathet Lao assumed control in Laos and later of more than 40 distinct nationalities
- this majority includes the Cambodian Lao this majority includes the Cambodian Lao M<01:05:30.000
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because M American Cambodian Minnesotan because M American Cambodian Minnesotan - We serve all Minnesotans, and per our statute, we advise on the Latino Minnesotans’ socioeconomic condition
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 03/09/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Pilot Laos, I'm here to ask you to look at the truth. Said it found 40, 75.
- , under the command of Major General Vang Pao in northeastern Laos."
- UNDER THE COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL VANG PAO IN NORTHEASTERN LAOS.
- THESE BRAVE SOLDIERS FOUGHT FOR THE SOVEREIGNTY OF LAOS AND THE DEFENDANT U.S.
- officers who served in the secret war in Laos remotely.
Summary:
The Minnesota Senate Subcommittee on Veterans heard a Department of Military Affairs presentation on bonding, tuition benefits, and cyber response. The department requested $3.5 million in design funding for a new hangar at the 148th Fighter Wing in Duluth, citing safety problems with the aging 1950s-era hangars and the need to improve the wing’s competitiveness for future federal military construction funding. It also sought $2.5 million for asset preservation at Army facilities statewide, emphasizing that state dollars are often matched by federal funds. A National Guard lieutenant also testified about the State Tuition Reimbursement Program, describing how it helped pay for her undergraduate and doctoral education and reduce student debt.
The committee also received an update on Minnesota National Guard cyber operations, including the response to the July 2025 ransomware attack on the City of Saint Paul. Testimony described the cyber coordination cell’s role in planning, interagency coordination, and support during the incident, including helping re-image about 500 computers and assisting with network recovery. Members heard that the Guard’s cyber teams conduct extensive partner engagement and are prepared to support state and local entities when civil resources are exhausted and the incident exceeds local capacity.
Three bills were then heard and advanced. Senate File 4075, as amended, would implement recommendations from the task force on Special Guerrilla Unit and regular forces veterans from the Secret War in Laos, including eligibility and benefit changes; the committee adopted an amendment and passed the bill to the full committee. Senate File 3956, as amended, would clarify that the Department of Veterans Affairs may partner with veteran-serving organizations using nonmonetary resources to address food insecurity, homelessness, and suicide prevention; it was also referred onward. Senate File 4056, as amended, would add veteran or military status as a protected class under the Minnesota Human Rights Act; testimony supported the change, including concerns about service members losing educational opportunities while on state active duty, and the bill was passed to the full committee.
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- Who served in the secret war in Laos.
- in a base in Laos.
- in a base in Laos.
- , the basis that operated in Laos, the basis that operated in Laos, they're<00:07:22.440>
specifically - Since the war was secret in Laos Since the war was secret in Laos and<00:13:45.640>
Cambodia,
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- But for us, that third word, all Minnesotans, is very important.
- But for us, that third word, all Minnesotans, is very important.
- organizations from the Vietnamese Lao organizations from the Vietnamese Lao and<01:32:01.480>
- It's not only important for my community, but it's for all Minnesotans.
- community but it's for all minnesotans community but it's for all minnesotans but<01:38:14.599><
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 04/08/25
State and Local Government
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- That amounted to 95% of Hmong in Laos to bear arms for this country during the secret war in Laos from
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from during the secret war in Laos from during the secret war in Laos from 1961<00:15:12.320 - <00:15:43.440>
during The population of Mong in Laos during The population of Mong in Laos - Fortunately, we're population of Laos.
- From Minnesotans seeking services from our office.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/05/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- And then there's been the rapid transfer of Minnesotans detained by ICE and transferred to places like
- Sing, a criminal legal alien from Laos... Thank you.
- Sing, a criminal legal alien from Laos Sing, a criminal legal alien from Laos >> Senator<00
- We all know thousands of Minnesotans were victimized in different ways during Metro Surge.
- services Minnesotans need and deserve. services Minnesotans need and deserve.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 2/18/26
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
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- the law directed the creation of a Veterans of the Special Guerilla Units and irregular forces in Laos
- <00:09:32.080>
task Units and irregular forces in Laos task Units and irregular forces in - Laos task force.<00:09:33.440>
We <00:09:33.680>were <00:09:33.839>charged <00:09 - Upon enactment of the law, veterans of the secret war in Laos who meet those established criteria are
- who meet those of the secret war in Laos who meet those established<00:18:05.440>
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 03/19/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans
Transcript Highlights:
- That amounted to 95% of the Hmong in Laos bearing arms for this country during the secret war in Laos
- ,<00:02:03.840>
every case the secret war in Laos, every case the secret war in Laos, every - That was during the secret war in Laos.
- My father's story is interest in Laos.
- 1972 which I brought with me from Laos. 1972 which I brought with me from Laos.
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Transcript Highlights:
- Veterans who fought alongside U.S. forces during the Secret War in Laos made tremendous sacrifices, yet
- Safeguard these oral histories, honoring the legacy of Hmong veterans and educating Minnesotans about
- I was born in 1949 in Laos. I became a soldier at the 13th.
- The reason he did that was because he was caught with the film in Laos during that time.
- Citing a report from the The Minnesota Census Bureau and peer reports indicate that Black Minnesotans
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 4/2/25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- , known as the Secret War of Laos.
- This led to the recruitment of noncitizen Laos Hill tribe groups such as the Hmong in Laos.
- 728 dead Americans unclassified in Laos. 728 dead Americans unclassified in Laos.
- Many SGU who sought refuge... war in Laos. We flew T-28 Trojans, the war in Laos.
- The CA military region in Laos.