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IMPERIAL REACH

Klare, Michael T. | April 25, 2005 issue

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Focuses on the realignment of United States forces and military bases abroad. Redeployment of U.S. troops stationed abroad to bases in the United States; Deployment of U.S. troops to areas that have never before housed a permanent U.S. military presence; Claim that the changes will reflect a new approach to combat and will offer a look at the nation's geopolitical interests; Shift in U.S. strategic orientation from defensive to offensive operations; Focus of the U.S. on terrorism, the pursuit of foreign oil resources and the rise of China; Excerpt from "The National Defense Strategy of the United States of America," a report issued by the Defense Department.

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MILITARY bases; DEPLOYMENT (Strategy); GEOPOLITICS; ARMED Forces in foreign countries; STRATEGY; NATIONAL security -- United States; UNITED States
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