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Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen answers questions at all-hands in South Korea

October 26, 2009 - 3:36pm



From Stars and Stripes:

"The United States' top military officer said Thursday that the Pentagon is discussing whether troops will deploy from South Korea to the Middle East in coming years, as more servicemembers are stationed in the Asian nation on longer tours with their families.

"Mullen, in Seoul for annual security meetings with U.S. and South Korean officials, said troops are needed in South Korea as a deterrent against communist North Korea, which conducted its second nuclear test in the spring and has since launched numerous missiles, including five short-range missiles last week.

"He also addressed what has been a concern for many South Koreans who worry about their vulnerability to North Korea: that the U.S. would pull some of its 28,500 troops out of the country and send them to Iraq or Afghanistan."


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