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5 villagers stuck in a flooded cave for more than a week found alive in Laos, rescuers say
Rescue teams find five of seven trapped in Laos cave (aljazeera); Five People Stuck in Flooded Laos Cave Are Found Alive (nytimes)

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This story is about Rescue teams find five of seven trapped in Laos cave. This bill would A Laos cave rescue is the kind of fast-moving overseas emergency where U.S. support (if requested) depends on having trained, deployable dis.
If passed, it would:
- Build/maintain a specialized disaster-assistance workforce inside the State Department for complex international • Standardize training and staffing capacity so disaster responses would scale faster when crises hit.
