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SP  US shifting military to India, Southeast Asia to counter Chinese Army: Pompeo
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SP US shifting military to India, Southeast Asia to counter Chinese Army: Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the Chinese threat to India and Southeast Asian nations is one of the reasons the US is recalibrating its defense commitments in Europe and deploying them to other places.“The threats from China to India and countries in Southeast Asia and the challenges in the South China Sea are going to dictate the allocation of defence resources as US cuts troop levels in Germany”, he said at a virtual meeting of the Brussels Forum of the German Marshall Fund.Pompeo said that China's expansionism is "the challenge of our time" and the US wants to ensure that its resources are in place to meet it.Asked about US President Donald Trump plans announced this month to pull back 9,500 of the about 30,000 US troops stationed in five garrisons in Germany, Pompeo said