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First foreign trip by Mattis signaled urgency of simmering crisis in Northeast Asia

By World Tribune on February 11, 2017 BB Backgrounder, China, Exclusives, Japan, Latest From Geostrategy-Direct, North Korea, South Korea, Stateside, Top Stories, Top Story, U.S. Intelligence, U.S. Military, Washington

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct James Mattis chose Seoul and Tokyo as his first ever overseas visits days after he was sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Defense. He arrived in Seoul on Feb. 2 for a two-day visit and went on to Tokyo afterwards and held meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe […]