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28. “Civic Groups Call for End of U.S. Troops Cost-Sharing,”
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30. Lee Chi-dong, “S. Korea to Pay 760 Billion Won for U.S.
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31. See “Korea-U.S. Defense Cost Sharing Talks,” KBS
News, July 7, 2013, available from english.kbs.co.kr/news/hot_issues_view.html?No=113154;
and “Seoul, Washington Fail to
Agree on Defense Cost Sharing,” Yonhap, October 31, 2013,
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html?cid=AEN20131031005152315; and “United States and Republic
of Korea Finalize New Special Measures Agreement,” Embassy
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32. See Statement of General John D. Thurman before the
House Armed Services Committee, March 28, 2012, available
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33. For details about Joint Vision 2020, see Bruce Klingner,
“South Korea: Taking the Right Steps to Defense Reform,” Heritage
Foundation Backgrounder #2618 on Asia and the Pacific, October
19, 2011, available from www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/10/
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34. Jung Sung-ki, “Defense Reform Faces Overhaul,” Korea
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news/nation/2008/08/116_30141.html.
35. For details of requested ROK Defense Ministry changes
to its projected budget plans, and the slowdown of troop cuts,
see Jung Sung-ki, “Less Spending for Military Modernization,”
Korea Times, April 7, 2009, available from www.koreatimes.co.kr/
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