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The Pentagon played down a report that it is considering reducing U.S. troop numbers in South Korea.
“Anyone who’s covered the Pentagon knows that we always evaluate force posture,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell posted on X, formerly Twitter.
“That said, the U. S. remains firmly committed to the ROK. Our alliance is iron clad. Reports that the DoD will reduce U.S. troops in the Republic of Korea are not true.”
The comments followed a Wall Street Journal report that one option under consideration in the Pentagon was pulling around 4,500 troops from South Korea and moving them elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific region.
The report, which cited unnamed officials and a person familiar with the matter, said it was one of the ideas being prepared for consideration by President Donald Trump as part of an informal policy review on tackling North Korea.
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