[La Lydia]

Slippery slope.

[NonValueAdded]

Mr. Waters, I am afraid you have no appeal to the current occupants of the White House.

"Peace with Honor" [sarc tag implied]

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Tens of thousands of military and Hmong mourners have gathered in the city for his traditional funeral.

Hey, here's a thought - go "Egypt" on the White Hut. Bring the funeral to DC. Gather on the Mall.

[hosepipe]

To many commies in the federal government..
Gen. Pao must have killed lots and lots of their comrades..

[PistolPaknMama]

The guy isn’t US military? So sorry.

[Brad from Tennessee]

They have room for Teddy Kennedy but not room for an actual hero.

[montanajoe]

This guy did much more for this country than most of the politicians buried there.

[montanajoe]

This guy did much more for this country than most of the politicians buried there.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

I think the General should have been interred at Arlington.What he gave to this country as an ally should not go unnoticed.Besides,our gubmint paved the way for the loss of his country to the communists.

[Silentgypsy]

Re Tallman: I spit upon his grandmother’s shadow.

[RobinOfKingston]

The appeal might work if they stipulate that Gen Pao had converted to islam.

[smoothsailing]

There is well established precedent for granting the request

[Drago]

Photo gallery from his funeral so far: (continues thru next Wed.)
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/02/04/2259973/vang-paos-funeral.html

[blueplum]

And my brother was cremated and didn’t use a space at Arlington - so they have at least one “extra”.

Wrassle up a colonel who can sign a statement that the man was field-appointed under wartime conditions as an uncompensated member of the US military special forces. We currently have a policy that illegals can enter the military as a step to citizenship. Shouldn’t be hard to make it retroactive for Pao. That should end the problem.

It’s about time we showed the man and the Hmong he represented some honor.

[gusty]

Vang Pao belongs. Bury him next to UK Gen. Orde Wingate another true hero.

[DemforBush]

Just for everyone’s FYI and general interest, I found an interesting little website with a page dedicated to listing to “prominent civilians” buried at Arlington, with clickable links on each entry. It’s not the official Arlington.mil website, but the guy seems to know his stuff:

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/civilia.htm

I should note that a lot of the folks the site defines as civilian were veterans in some form, but died after their military service (no idea if Arlington uses that standard or not - just mentioning it).

Of the others, there seems to be quite a mix. Some were government officials killed in the line of duty. The CIA station chief killed in the ‘83 Beruit bombings is buried there, for example. There’s also a couple of Presidential spouses (Mrs. Howard Taft, for example). There’s also a young woman buried there who apparently died from leukemia at age 20. The only tie to the military I could find is that one or both parents were in service.

The most unusual entry I found was a WWI Marine...who also happened to be Russian prince!

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/princele.htm

[sport]

“So we’re appealing to the White House,” Mr Waters told AFP news agency
—————————————————————————————— Good luck.

He fought the Communists and helped the United States was the reason he was denied.

[BuffaloJack]

The General should be put in a place of respect, but not where we bury our hallowed American servicemen.