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Thailand's Strategic Importance to the U.S.

Thailand's military leaders appear to have successfully completed a takeover of the nation's government in a bloodless coup.

Shawn McHale, director of the Asian studies program at George Washington University, talks with Madeleine Brand about the coup and Thailand's strategic importance to the United States.

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