By Sam Bateman

October 22, 2015

"Strong calls continue to be made in Washington for the U.S. Navy to increase its freedom of navigation (FON) activities in the South China Sea. This is despite apparent differences of view between the Pentagon and the White House about the wisdom of such action.

The United States has done little in 2015 to ease concerns about whether it knows what it's doing in the South China Sea. If anything, the rhetoric coming out of the Pentagon, and the U.S. Navy in particular, has become stronger."

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http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/why-us-south-china-sea-fon-operations-dont-make-sense/

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