U.S. secretary of defense visits aircraft carrier in South China Sea

Cmdr. Robert C. Francis Jr., skipper of the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen, speaks to the press aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt sailing in the South China Sea near Malaysia on Nov. 5, 2015. Washington recently sent the USS Lassen to sail by one of China's man-made islands in the disputed Spratly archipelago to protest China's ongoing massive reclamation projects in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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