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"Pentagon May Send Marines to Boost Asia Forces"
The Pentagon is weighing a plan to send Marine Corps Expeditionary Units to East Asia, in response to increased Chinese influence in the area, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The plan, which prioritizes East Asia over the Middle East, is one of the first actions President Donald Trump's administration has made to follow its National Defense Strategy for the next four years.
"We have enduring interests here, and we have an enduring commitment and we have an enduring presence here," Gen. Joe Dunford, Pentagon Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, said of America's position in Asia this week, according to the Journal.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pentagon-marines-east-asia/2018/02/09/id/842494/