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Published 2/6/2009 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key part of a major realignment of U.S. forces in Japan in which 8,000 Marines would be shifted from Okinawa to Guam, is likely to be delayed beyond its 2014 target date, the commander of U.S. forces in Asia and the Pacific said on Thursday.
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