Cohen rejects 15-year limit on Okinawa relocation facility

Cohen rejects 15-year limit on Okinawa relocation facility

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on March 17. He flatly rejected a proposed 15-year limit on use of a heliport to be relocated from the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture.

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