U.S., Chinese Defense Officials Negotiating 2012 Military-To-Military Plan

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U.S. and Chinese defense officials are in talks this week to finalize a bilateral military-to-military engagement plan for 2012 and could soon conduct a working-group meeting on maritime issues, according to U.S. Pacific Command. The Defense Department, including PACOM, "is in negotiation now" with the Chinese military for the "complete 2012 bilateral M2M plan," PACOM spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Bill Clinton told Inside the Pentagon this week via email.