Panetta: US will boost presence against NKorea
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United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday called North Korea a "serious threat" and told US troops that the Pentagon will strengthen its presence in this region to guard against North Korean provocations.
Panetta met with top US commanders here. In an opinion piece published by a Korean newspaper before he arrived in Seoul, he wrote that the US will continue to cooperate with South Korea as a bulwark against potential North Korean aggression, "and stand prepared to defeat" the North if it should attack. (AP)
