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By Charlie Reed Stars and Stripes, November 17, 2011 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – As the U.S. seeks to assert its military and financial influence in Asia, U.S. Pacific Command is ramping up engagements with new and old allies in the region under the auspices of humanitarian relief. Before President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that U.S. troops would rotat ...
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By Karen Parrish, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2011 – National Security Advisor Tom Donilon discussed the administration’s “all-in” Asia strategy during a press conference in Indonesia today. Donilon said the president’s weeklong engagements with Asian leaders culminating in the East Asia Summit “is the implementation of a substantial ...
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By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer, Monday Nov 14, 2011 7:29:10 EST SAN DIEGO — On his recent trip to Washington, Adm. Robert Willard made a pitch to retain, if not bolster, U.S. military forces once troops leave Iraq and Afghanistan. Willard, the military’s top officer in the Pacific since 2009, has crisscrossed the Asia-Pacific region in his two years as h ...
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American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2011 – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta today provided a personal recap of his recent trip to Indonesia, Japan and South Korea in a message to the men and women of the Defense Department. Here is the secretary’s message: Last week, I traveled to the Asia-Pacific region for the first time as Secretary of D ...
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By Chris Carroll Stars and Stripes, October 25, 2011 TOKYO – A strong U.S.-Japan alliance will grow stronger as the United States pulls out of conflicts in the Middle East and increasingly turns its attention toward the Pacific as a nexus for U.S. security concerns, leaders from both countries said Tuesday. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Japanese ...
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By Robert Burns - The Associated Press, Monday Oct 24, 2011 8:44:00 EDT YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan —Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday lashed out at North Korea for “reckless and provocative” acts and criticized China for a secretive expansion of its military power. Panetta, who arrived at this U.S. air base on the second leg of a weeklong Asia tour, spo ...
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By Chris Carroll Stars and Stripes, October 24, 2011 TOKYO – The Pentagon will slash more than $450 billion in spending over a decade, but the cuts aren’t coming at the expense of U.S. power in the Pacific, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told U.S. and Japanese troops Monday at Yokota Air Base. Panetta, on his first visit to the Asia-Pacific region since ta ...
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By Robert Burns - The Associated Press, Sunday Oct 23, 2011 12:59:10 EDT BALI, Indonesia — In unusual praise for China, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday that Beijing deserved credit for its relatively mild response to Washington’s announcement last month of a $5.8 billion arms sale to Taiwan. He suggested it could create new momentum toward ...
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