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OCR Page 1 of 40CNN.com - ASIANOW - Cohen says visit goe...e U.S. ties with Vietnam -March 14twww.cn.com/2000/ASIANOW/southeast/03/14/cohen.vietnam.02/index.html
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary William
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