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This week, President Trump ordered that annual military drills between the U.S. and South Korea be scaled back. He also said he\u2019d like to meet with North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n

As Trump closes one door with a key U.S. ally, is he also trying to open one with its northern neighbor?<\/p>\n

Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman and NPR White House Correspondent Emily Feng about whether the U.S. is once again trying to shift its attention to Asia, and how the war with Iran is hanging over that effort. Also, the latest on conditions aboard an aircraft carrier that\u2019s been at sea for more than 260 days.<\/p>\n

Email the show at\u00a0sourcesandmethods@npr.org<\/p>\n

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This week, President Trump ordered that annual military drills between the U.S. and South Korea be scaled back. He also said he\u2019d like to meet with North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n

As Trump closes one door with a key U.S. ally, is he also trying to open one with its northern neighbor?<\/p>\n

Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman and NPR White House Correspondent Emily Feng about whether the U.S. is once again trying to shift its attention to Asia, and how the war with Iran is hanging over that effort. Also, the latest on conditions aboard an aircraft carrier that\u2019s been at sea for more than 260 days.<\/p>\n

Email the show at\u00a0sourcesandmethods@npr.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show\u2019s perks include archive access and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"\nSouth Korea military drills \/ Pivot to Asia? \/ USS Lincoln - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=8649\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Korea military drills \/ Pivot to Asia? \/ USS Lincoln - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week, President Trump ordered that annual military drills between the U.S. and South Korea be scaled back. 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