U.S.: No plans now for Marines in Taiwan

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U.S.: No plans now for Marines in Taiwan
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Apr 22, 2008 9:44:24 EDT

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The U.S. has no immediate plans to send Marine guards to its de facto embassy in Taiwan, a U.S. official said.

State Department spokesman Tom Casey said the U.S. does not “intend to place Marines, at this point” at the American Institute in Taiwan.

Casey’s comment in Washington on Monday followed the weekend publication in two Taiwanese newspapers of a State Department advertisement calling for contractors to build a facility to house Marines at the new AIT compound in Taipei.

It is customary for the U.S. to put Marine guards in its embassies and consulates worldwide.

Casey said the ad in the Taiwanese newspapers may have been confusing.


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