South Korea's president calls for more self-reliant military as questions arise about US commitment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The North recently has repeatedly rejected Lee's overtures, though it signaled interests in restoring diplomacy with Trump.
33% : Some observers say the Trump administration would use the transfer as a way to reduce spending and concentrate on China but it would still want to maintain influence on the Korean Peninsula. Elbridge Colby, who was confirmed as Trump's under secretary of defense for policy, said at his Senate confirmation hearings in March that he would carefully review the "delicate issue" of transferring wartime operational control.

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