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Is Palau the key to the Marine Corps’ fight against China?
During Esper’s late August visit, Palau’s President Thomas Remengesau proposed an increase to the American presence there, a potential boon for the Marine Corps.
By Philip Athey
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Esper visit to tiny Palau highlights US-China competition
No nation is too small or too distant from Washington, it seems, to be excluded from the Trump administration’s campaign to counter China’s efforts to supplant America as the dominant Pacific power.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press