Nakatani fails to specify SDF role in 3rd-nation attack

Nakatani fails to specify SDF role in 3rd-nation attack

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Gen Nakatani declined speaks at a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Dec. 17. He declined to specify the role of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) if the United States shifts the focus of its military campaign from Afghanistan to another nation in the fight against international terrorism.

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