November 17, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis [No longer a North American power,] Obama tells Asia U.S. ‘here to stay’ as Pacific power 16 Nov 2011 President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that the U.S. military would expand its role in the Asia-Pacific region, despite budget cuts, declaring America was “here to stay” as a Pacific [...]
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November 17, 2011
November 17, 2011
November 17, 2011
Obama Takes Momentum from Australia into East Asia Summit
In a speech to Australia’s Parliament on Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama hailed the strength of the U.S. alliance with Australia, saying a new military cooperation agreement will help the United States play a larger security role in the Asia-Pacific. President Obama also addressed Australian and U.S. troops in the northern city, Darwin. After his [...]
November 17, 2011
November 17, 2011
Obama tells Asia US ‘here to stay’ as a Pacific power
President Barack Obama has vowed to expand US influence in the Asia-Pacific region and “project power and deter threats to peace” there, even as he reduces defence spending and winds down two wars. “The United States is a Pacific power, and we are here to stay,” he declared in a speech to the Australian parliament, [...]
November 17, 2011
Obama Reaffirms Asia-Pacific Foreign Policy Shift
U.S. President Barack Obama has reaffirmed Washington’s “unbreakable alliance” with Australia during a speech to parliament in Canberra Thursday. Mr. Obama said the United States’s diplomatic focus would now shift from the war on terrorism to economic and security challenges in the Asia-Pacific region. He is the fourth U.S. president to address lawmakers in the [...]
November 17, 2011
Obama turns focus on Asia-Pacific
17 November 2011 Last updated at 00:36 GMT President Obama is on a tour of the region, and will be heading to Bali next US President Barack Obama has said that the Asia-Pacifc region will define the future of the world. Speaking to the Australian parliament in Canberra, Mr Obama said the US was now [...]
November 16, 2011
November 16, 2011
November 16, 2011
US to send marines to Australia
16 November 2011 Last updated at 10:52 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Julia Gillard and Barack Obama announce details of the new military arrangement Australia has agreed to host a full US Marine task force in the coming years, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced at a news conference with [...]
November 16, 2011
November 16, 2011
Activists: Syrian Rebels Attack Military Site Near Damascus
Syrian opposition activists say army defectors have attacked a military base near the capital, Damascus, in an apparent escalation of an eight-month uprising against the autocratic government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The activists say rebels of the Free Syrian Army fired rockets and machine guns at an air force intelligence complex in the Damascus [...]