美防长为什麽要访问蒙古？

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VOA Chinese, Apr 9, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/hagel-mongolia-20140409/1890062.html
(蒙古寻求俄、中以外的第三个邻国; 2012年美国国务卿希拉里·克林顿访问了乌兰巴托)

Note:
(a) "过去10年来，蒙古每年主办代号为 '可汗探索' 的维和军事演习行动，以加强蒙古与美国以及欧盟军队的协同作战能力"

Sgt Ben Eberle, Multinational peacekeeping exercise begins in Mongolia. US Marine Corps, Aug 4, 2013.
www.marforpac.marines.mil/News/N ... ns-in-mongolia.aspx

Quote:

"Exercise Khaan Quest, one of the world’s largest training exercises focused on peacekeeping operations, officially started  * * * here, Aug 3[, 2013]

"This year marks the 11th iteration of the annual exercise, which has played a part in training thousands of service members from around the world in peacekeeping and stability operations.

"Approximately 1,000 military personnel from 13 nations are taking part

(b) 美国海军学院的余茂春教授

Professor Maochun Miles YU, Department of History, United States Naval Academy, undated
www.usna.edu/Users/history/yu/
(PhD history, UC Berkeley (1994); MA history, Swarthmore College (1987); BA world history, Nankai University (1983))

I gather he benefited from residency grants after Tiananmen Square massacre.