Chief of U.S. forces in Japan defends handling of Okinawa crash

Chief of U.S. forces in Japan defends handling of Okinawa crash

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Gen. Thomas Waskow, commander of U.S. forces in Japan, speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 26. He defended the military's handling of the Aug. 13 crash of a Marine helicopter at a university campus in Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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