HOST:

Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.

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I'm Doug Johnson. This week:

We listen to new music from the Killers …

Answer a listener question about the famous book and movie "Gone With the Wind" ...

And, tell about America's first Vietnamese-born congressman.

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Congressman Cao

HOST:

Anh ''Joseph'' Cao with his daughters Betsy, 4, left, and Sophia, 5, dressed in traditional Vietnamese clothing, in the House of Representatives on Tuesday

Last month, voters in the second Congressional District in New Orleans, Louisiana, made a historic choice. They elected Anh "Joseph" Cao a Vietnamese-American Republican party member, as their representative. It is the first time in over one hundred years that voters in this area of New Orleans elected a non-Democratic Party lawmaker. And, Anh Cao is the first Vietnamese-American to be elected to the United States Congress. He was sworn into office this week. Bob Doughty has more.

BOB DOUGHTY:

Anh Cao went through difficult times to get to where he is now. He was born in Saigon in nineteen sixty-seven during the war in Vietnam. His father was a South Vietnamese army officer.

In nineteen seventy-five, North Vietnamese troops took control of Saigon. Anh Cao and a brother and sister were moved to the United States. He was separated from his family for many years. His mother and five other brothers and sisters remained in Vietnam.

Anh Cao lived with his uncle in Indiana, then later moved to Houston, Texas.

When he was nine years old, he received a letter from his father who was in a prison camp in Vietnam.

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