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Politics › U.S. Senate cuts budget for moving Marines from Okinawa to Guam by 70%

Source: Japan Today
Okinawa : Japan | 18 days ago  
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Senate has cut spending earmarked in a fiscal 2010 budget bill for the relocation of 8,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam by 70%, congressional sources said Friday. The sharp cut from about $300 million earmarked for the transfer of the Marines comes at a time when the new Japanese government led by Prime...
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