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Flournoy: South Korea pays over half of US troop stationing costs

Michelle Flournoy · a16z Podcast | What's Next for Technology and National Security? · Jan 2, 2019 · at 14:19

Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, highlights cost-sharing metrics within U.S. regional strategic alliances in Asia.

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“Korea pays more than 50% of the cost of our troops there.”

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