United States to Cut Number of Marines on Okinawa
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United States to Cut Number of Marines on Okinawa

Seoul : South Korea | Apr 26, 2012 at 8:17 PM PDT
Source: Newyork Times
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The United States and Japan have reached agreement on a long-simmering dispute that calls for the American military to reduce the number of Marines on Okinawa by 9,000 and begin returning land to the government there, senior officials announced on Thursday. FULL ARTICLE AT Newyork Times
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