KELLY, TILLIS PRESS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO REVERSECUTS TOJOINT MILITARY EXERCISES WITH SOUTH KOREA

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:

Bipartisan senators warn that scaling back exercises will degrade military readiness at a time when North Korea is deepening ties with Russia and China

Today, U.S. Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Thom Tillis (R-NC)pressed the Trump administrationto reverseitsdecision to substantially reduce joint military exercises between the United States andSouth Koreaand urgedthe administrationto maintain the training necessary to preserve the readiness of the alliance.

"For more than 70 years, the alliance between the United States and South Korea has been a cornerstone of peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and throughout the Indo-Pacific,"the senators wrotein a letter...