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The Latest: US commits $90M for unexploded bombs in Laos

Laotian President Bounnhang Vorachit and U.S. President Barack Obama talk with the help of a translator during an Official State Luncheon at the Presidential Palace in Vientiane, Laos, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Laotian President Bounnhang Vorachit and U.S. President Barack Obama talk with the help of a translator during an Official State Luncheon at the Presidential Palace in Vientiane, Laos, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Laotian President Bounnhang Vorachit and U.S. President Barack Obama talk with the help of a translator during an Official State Luncheon at the Presidential Palace in Vientiane, Laos, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

By Associated Press 1 min read

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) – The Latest on President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia (all times local):

1:30 p.m.

The Obama administration says it will commit $90 million over the next three years to clear unexploded bombs the U.S. dropped on Laos during the Vietnam War.

The announcement came Tuesday during President Barack Obama’s visit to Laos.

Millions of unexploded cluster bombs remain in the Laotian countryside from a nine-year U.S. covert bombing campaign that was aimed at cutting off communist forces in neighboring Vietnam.