In a bid to keep Washington¡¯s ongoing denuclearization talks with North Korea from faltering, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday that a major joint military exercise with South Korea would be scaled back.
¡°We have taken a decision,¡± Mattis said, according to a transcript of his conversation with reporters. ¡°We are not canceling exercises. We are realigning one exercise.¡±
Asked if it was the Foal Eagle exercise, a large-scale drill typically held in the spring, Mattis confirmed this was the case.
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