U.S. will maintain alliance with Korea regardless of election outcome: U.S. senator
- 8 years ago
The United States will be firmly committed to its alliance with South Korea "no matter what happens" during the presidential election.
That's what Thad Cochran, a ranking Republican senator and the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said in an email interview with Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency published Friday.
The senator directly rejected Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's recent assertion... that Seoul should pay "100 percent" of the cost for the U.S. troop presence and that Korea and Japan could be allowed to develop its own nuclear weapons.
He said that the U.S. will continue providing military support to further strengthen South Korea's self-defense capability... and expressed appreciation for Seoul's investments in and support for its own defense.
That's what Thad Cochran, a ranking Republican senator and the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said in an email interview with Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency published Friday.
The senator directly rejected Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's recent assertion... that Seoul should pay "100 percent" of the cost for the U.S. troop presence and that Korea and Japan could be allowed to develop its own nuclear weapons.
He said that the U.S. will continue providing military support to further strengthen South Korea's self-defense capability... and expressed appreciation for Seoul's investments in and support for its own defense.