Senate OKs ‘Indispensable’ Palau Compact In NDAA
By Colin Clark on July 17, 2017 at 5:19 PM
Palau
WASHINGTON: If the Pacific is the most important theater, then the islands of Palau are surely among the most important pieces of real estate for the US. As we reported earlier, however, the House Armed Services Committee didn’t seem to accept this when they dropped language from the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act authorizing payment due to Palau for exclusive US military access to the islands.
China, of course, would love to wedge itself into Palau, as they have done so successfully in other Pacific island states such as Fiji.
http://breakingdefense.com/2017/07/senate-oks-indispensable-palau-compact-in-ndaa/
