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Ma outlines plan to phase out conscription by 2014

By Shih Hsiu-chuan  /  STAFF REPORTER

While Ma recommended strengthening defense capabilities, Hsieh said the public must not forget that it was the KMT -- especially when Ma was the party chairman -- that boycotted the defense budget in the legislature.

"Ma apparently does not care about national security," Hsieh said. "We must not be surprised because he does not think Taiwan is a state."

Additional reporting by Ko Shu-ling

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