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The guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) prepares to moor at its new homeport at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. (U.S. Navy Photo)

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People watch a TV screen showing a live broadcast of South Korean President Moon Jae-in during a TV talk show with KBS at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-goon)

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China claims most of the resource-rich South China Sea, despite claims from Brunei, Vietnam and the Philippines. (TED ALJIBE/AFP/File) -- Military.com

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) prepares to receive cargo from the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) during a replenishment-at-sea, Feb. 11, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo/Isaac Maxwell)

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Taiwan's defense ministry on Monday said two U.S. warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait over the weekend.

People stage a protest as construction workers start dumping a truckload of sediment into the sea at Henoko on Okinawa's east coast Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP)

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U.S. Vice Adm. Phillip Sawyer, commander of the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet, gestures during an interview with a select group of journalists aboard the USS Blue Ridge, the U.S. 7th Fleet Flagship, while docked at Manila South Harbor in Manila, Philippines Monday, March 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

US Navy Won't Alter Sail-Bys at Sea Despite China Maneuver

Vice Adm. Phillip Sawyer told reporters that Washington protested that "unprofessional behavior" by the Chinese ship.

The crew aboard Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf returned to their homeport in Alameda, Calif., following a nearly 90-day deployment, Sept. 4, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Matthew S. Masaschi)

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In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Adviser Says Trump 'Gave Nothing Away' in North Korea Talks

John Bolton tried to make the case that Trump advanced America's national security interests by rejecting a bad agreement.

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki talks to reporters following meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to report result of a local referendum at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 1, 2019. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP)

Governor Wants US, Japan, Okinawa Talks on US Base Move

Gov. Denny Tamaki stressed that the referendum must be respected as indicating the will of the people of Okinawa.

In this Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Officials Say Trump Overstated Kim's Demand on Sanctions

Trump said he walked away from his second summit with Kim Jong Un because Kim demanded the U.S. lift all of its sanctions.

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