WASHINGTON (Reuters) - (This February 24, 2016 story was refiled to remove the reference to the Navy in the second paragraph to make clear Pacific Command is not a Navy component)
The United States, which is worried by China's military buildup to assert dominance in the South China Sea, will increase freedom-of-navigation operations there, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday.
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