U.S. To Retain Overall Military Command In South Korea Until 2015

Signal to the North ... Lee Myung-bak, left, greets Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 summit. Photo: Charles Dharapak

U.S. Keeps Command Of Military In Seoul -- New York Times

TORONTO — In its strongest move since the sinking of a South Korean warship, the Obama administration said Saturday that the United States would retain control of all military forces in the South during any conflict with North Korea, which has been widely blamed for the attack on the ship in March that killed 46 sailors.

The announcement was an apparent attempt to signal to the North, which has long wanted American forces off the peninsula, that the United States would remain firmly in control of military operations if war were to break out.

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