Iraq-SDF bill to pass Diet committee

Iraq-SDF bill to pass Diet committee

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Fukuda (R) chats smilingly with Defense Agency chief Shigeru Ishiba during a session of a House of Representatives committee held July 3 to discuss a bill for dispatching Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops to Iraq. A compromise was reached overnight between the ruling and opposition camps to have the bill clear the committee later on July 3.

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