March 25, 2006
The Death of an Alliance, Part 35
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld adds the second hint in about a week that more troops cuts are coming for South Korea. U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on March 23 that South Korea and the United States have agreed on the transfer of wartime command of South Korean forces to South Korea, and that the two nations are discussing a timetable. Rumsfeld confirmed this in a Pentagon news briefing yesterday and commented on the timing of the turnover, saying, “The...