As we reported earlier, the Pentagon wants South Korea to pay more money to support American troops stationed there. Several news reports now quote Richard Lawless, the deputy undersecretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs, as saying that the Bush Administration may make personnel or other cuts in South Korea if it doesn’t pay 50 to 75 percent of the cost of maintaining US troops on the peninsula. Apparently, the already announced reduction of US forces, has led Seoul to think it would be paying less, not more. There also is still no agreement on a date for the switch in command from Washington to Seoul, according to Lawless. The US wants the shift to happen sooner, not later. Korea now pays 38 percent, or $680 million a year.
Dick Cheney’s Legacy with the Air Force
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Dick Cheney, who died Nov. 3 at 84, is best remembered by most Americans as among the most powerful Vice Presidents in history, a consummate Washington insider who had previously served in the Nixon administration, was Chief of Staff for President Gerald Ford, a Congressman for a decade, and Secretary…
