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Reuters: Gates Says Kim Jong-Il's Son Seeks Military "Stripes"

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Tags: Kim Jong-il, North Korea, Robert Gates, South Korea

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday recent provocations by North Korea against the south were probably tied to ailing leader Kim Jong-il's youngest son seeking to earn his military "stripes."

Gates, who was in South Korea last month, said one of his biggest worries about the North was that with the succession of the ailing leader's son now apparently underway, there would be more provocations against its neighbor.

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