U.S. needs 'significant position' in Greenland to counter China: JD Vance

Vice president downplays military force, but says island should fall under American security umbrella

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance tours the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on March 28. (Pool via Reuters) 

KEN MORIYASU

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Vice President JD Vance spent three hours in Greenland on Friday, visiting a U.S. Space Force base and channeling the Trump administration's desire to take a "significant position" in the world's biggest island.

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