U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reacts during the question and answer portion of a plenary session of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore on May 30. Defense ministers and officials from 44 countries are gathered in the city-state for the IISS Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual high level defense summit in the Asia Pacific region. [EPA/YONHAP]
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday voiced strong support for the Lee Jae Myung administration's push for an early transfer of wartime operational control (Opcon), indicating that he viewed the move as encouraging.
Hegseth made the remarks at a session of the Shangri-La Dialogue — Asia's premier defense summit — held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore and organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
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"I think we have to find the balance of where our military plans and the responsibilities that U.S. uniformed members have had for decades now (are) honored, as we phase over to wartime Opcon transfer for the Republic of Korea, which we welcome the fact that they want that," Hegseth said, referring to Korea by its official name.
