GUAM: Talks with Okinawa over US marine relocation

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Updated September 20, 2007 16:56:08

The governors of Guam and Okinawa have been holding talks over the planned relocation of thousands of marines to the US island territory. Under the plan, eight-thousand US marines and their nine-thousand dependents will be moved from Okinawa to Guam.

Presenter: Myra Mortensen
Speakers: Shaun Gumataotao, spokesman for the Governor of Guam,

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