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U.S. officials inviting China to next RIMPAC

By William Cole

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 19, 2012

~~<p>The U.S. military has invited China to participate in the next Rim of the Pacific naval exercise off Hawaii in two years after equivocating on the issue during the multinational war games this summer.</p>
<p>At a news conference in Beijing today, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told his Chinese counterpart, Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guang&shy;lie, that &quot;the United States Navy will invite China to send a ship to participate in the RIMPAC 2014 exercise,&quot; the Pentagon said.</p>
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The U.S. military has invited China to participate in the next Rim of the Pacific naval exercise off Hawaii in two years after equivocating on the issue during the multinational war games this summer.

At a news conference in Beijing today, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told his Chinese counterpart, Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guang­lie, that "the United States Navy will invite China to send a ship to participate in the RIMPAC 2014 exercise," the Pentagon said. Login for more...



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