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'Cobra Gold' Drills Go Forward Despite Political Tensions Between US, Thailand


'Cobra Gold' Drills Go Forward Despite Political Tensions Between US, Thailand
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There are continuing tensions between Thailand's military junta, which seized power from the country’s elected government last May, and the United States, which has called for the immediate end to martial law and a return to democratic rule. That has led to changes in an annual, multi-national military training exercise in the kingdom. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from the Royal Thai Navy's U-Tapao airfield, where troops carried out a mock mass evacuation.

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