Commentary: Vietnam's Postwar Legacy The father of commentator Karen Spears Zacarias was killed in the Vietnam war, so she had always thought of Vietnam as a violent place - until she visited it earlier this year.

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Commentary: Vietnam's Postwar Legacy

October 21, 200312:00 AM ET

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The father of commentator Karen Spears Zacarias was killed in the Vietnam war, so she had always thought of Vietnam as a violent place - until she visited it earlier this year.