Guam governor withdraws support for military buildup

Mentioned as well in the recent GAO report (GAO 17-415 Marine Corps Asia-Pacific Realignment), supplementing workforce with approximately 3,000 laborers (mostly foreigners) is a challenge and the federal government must act to insure and adequately process the H-2B visas. The influx of workers not just benefits the military, but the economy and the well being of the…

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China fighter plane spotted on South China Sea island: Think tank

Whether its fighters, tankers or even commercial plane, the rotational deployments to the disputed islands in the South China Sea are obvious to constitute a forcing fact. Just like Takeshima/Dokdo for Japan and Korea.  Source: Reporting by David Brunnstrom; Additional reporting by Idrees Ali; Editing by Lisa Shumaker and James Dalgleish, Channel NewsAsia (Reuters)

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Will North Korea fire a missile capable of hitting the U.S. mainland? Probably.

Deviating sanctions, Six Party Talks and other diplomatic means of trying to halt the North’s nuclear ambition, in retrospect hasn’t worked. For North Korea, embarrassing test failures is of a proving ground that “we’re capable and serious” whether you like it or not.  Source: By Anna Fifield, The Washington Post (April 5, 2017)

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