Claim: John McCain is known for his work to restore diplomatic relations with the East.
Evidence: He is also known for his work in the 1990s to restore diplomatic relations with Vietnam , and for his belief that the Iraq War should have been fought to a successful conclusion.
Vietnam -LRB- ˌ ; -LSB- vîət nāːm -RSB- -RRB- , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam -LRB- SRV ; , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.