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With a simple name change, Jim Mattis builds a strategic bridge to India

By Tom Rogan
Published May 31, 2018 7:31pm ET
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With a simple name change, Jim Mattis builds a strategic bridge to India
FILE - In this April 26, 2018, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens to a question during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. | (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

One word explains why Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is changing the title of the Pentagon’s U.S. Pacific Command to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

India.

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Australia China India Indian Ocean Japan Jim Mattis Navy