From Chron.com (Aug 25, 2011): Ayotte: search for missing Korean War soldiers
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte is calling for the secretaries of defense and state to renew efforts to find and recover remains of missing American soldiers in North Korea.
Ayotte, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said she is encouraged by indications that North Korea is open to discussing the resumption of joint efforts that stopped in 2005. She wrote to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urging them to launch recovery efforts as soon as possible.
Ayotte said Wednesday that the Department of Defense lists more than 8,000 soldiers as prisoners of war or missing in action, including 43 from New Hampshire.
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