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Agreement reached on new cost-sharing deal for US troop presence in South Korea
The State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs said the deal includes a “negotiated increase” in Seoul’s share of the cost, but it provided no details.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
US, South Korea to begin scaled-down military drills amid virus spike
The United States and South Korea will begin their annual joint military exercises this week, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday.
Trump’s troop drawdown from Germany will take ‘years,’ says Inhofe
President Donald Trump’s plans to withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops from Germany will take years to execute, according to the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Afghan president and rival announce power-sharing agreement
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and political rival Abdullah Abdullah signed a power-sharing agreement, two months after both declared themselves the winner of last September’s presidential election, Ghani’s spokesman said Sunday.
Capable security partners are more important than increased payments
U.S. national security is enhanced when its partners around the world are not only willing to spend their own resources on the right military capabilities, but are also willing to serve as the first-line of defense for their people, says the author of this commentary.
By Daniel R. DePetris