Combined forces of South Korea, US fully ready to deter North Korean threats: Gen. Milley
Posted : 2021-04-29 09:29
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley / AFP-Yonhap
The combined forces of South Korea and the United States stand fully ready and capable to defend against any threats from North Korea, the top U.S. military official said Wednesday.
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also said the countries closely monitor their joint readiness to make sure they are capable. The forces that we have on the Korean Peninsula, in combination with our ROK allies by the way, which is a very capable military, are in fact capable of defending and defending very. very well against the North Korean threat on the Korean Peninsula, he said in a pre-recorded speech delivered at the annual Sedona Forum hosted by the Washington-based McCain Institute for International Leadership think tank.
Combined forces of S. Korea, U.S. fully ready to deter N. Korean threats: Milley April 28, 2021
The combined forces of South Korea and the United States stand fully ready and capable to defend against any threats from North Korea, the top U.S. military official said Wednesday.
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also said the countries closely monitor their joint readiness to make sure they are capable.
“The forces that we have on the Korean Peninsula, in combination with our ROK allies by the way, which is a very capable military, are in fact capable of defending and defending very. very well against the North Korean threat on the Korean Peninsula,” he said in a pre-recorded speech delivered at the annual Sedona Forum hosted by the Washington-based McCain Institute for International Leadership think tank.
A National Policy Blueprint To End White Supremacist Violence
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A member of the Proud Boys guards the front stage during a rally in Portland, Oregon, on September 26, 2020.
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White supremacist violence is not new, but in recent years, it has become a primary national security threat in the United States.
1 Notions of racial superiority, hostility toward immigrants and minorities, and the myth of an embattled white majority defending its power have increasingly infiltrated mainstream American political and cultural discourse.
2 In October 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its annual threat assessment, identifying racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists, particularly white supremacist extremists, as “the most persistent and lethal threat in the Homeland.”
Fact Sheet: A National Policy Blueprint To End White Supremacist Violence
By the Center for American Progress and the McCain Institute for International Leadership
April 21, 2021, 12:01 am
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White supremacist violence in the United States is not new, but in recent years, it has become a top national security threat. In October 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) concluded that racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists, particularly white supremacist extremists, are “the most persistent and lethal threat in the Homeland.”
To confront this challenge, the Center for American Progress and the McCain Institute for International Leadership conducted a yearlong research project, convening a coalition of more than 150 leaders from the communities most affected by white supremacist violence, along with civil rights advocates and experts in law enforcement, counter-terrorism, and national security. The result is a blueprint that refle