Although we do not have territory there, we have vital interests--particularly freedom of navigation.
Leon Panetta: “Although we do not have territory there, we have vital interests--particularly freedom of navigation.”
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Panetta discusses U.S. interests in the South China Sea despite lacking territorial claims.
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