As Taiwan Tensions Build, Concerned Okinawans Push for U.S. Military Base Closure

Bill Clinton promised to close the base in 1996. But plans for more construction and a heightened focus on the Pacific put the islands and their unique biodiversity at risk indefinitely.

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