WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's nominee to be the next commander of U.S. forces in South Korea said on Tuesday there was a significant amount of tactical risk if U.S. troops were removed from the Korean peninsula.
"Tactically, without any mention of any change in his conventional capability, I'd say that there would be a significant amount of risk tactically if we were to do that," U.S. Army General Robert Abrams said, referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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