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Title:
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SECDEF Carter Clarifies South China Sea Freedom of Navigation Operation in Letter to McCain
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Author:
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Megan Eckstein
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Source:
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USNI News
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Date:
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January 5, 2016
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Description:
- After two months, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter provided a clear explanation of an U.S. Oct. 27 South China Sea freedom of navigation operation (FON op) that both enraged China and left domestic maritime observers with lingering questions on American intentions. In a Dec. 22 letter to Senate Armed Services Committee chair Sen. John McCain, Carter outlined the mission of USS Lassen (DDG-82) that tested territorial claims of not only China but Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam.
