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Trump Aides Cool Their Jets on Asia

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Feb 17, 2017
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Japan and South Korea breathed easier following the recent visits from the new US Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, his first to East Asia in his new job.

They were pleased by what he had to say, namely that the Senkaku islands, disputed by China, fall under the protection of the 1960 Security Treaty that commits the US to defend Japan and territories …

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