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On the recordMarch 2, 2015
The DOD is planning to transfer operational control, or OPCON, of South Korea forces to the South Korean Government in the event of another conflict on the Peninsula.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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Ernst discusses the delayed transfer of military control to South Korea.

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