"We will continue to plan for a broad range of military options should the President decide to use force to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear arms. Pursuant to that, we will maintain -" as we have maintained -" a robust force presence in the Gulf region."
-"We face additional challenges and opportunities elsewhere around the globe. We must continue to support local efforts to combat the extremist threat that emanates from places like Somalia, Yemen and North Africa."
-"In Europe, we will"implement a new NATO Strategic Concept by placing increased emphasis on cyber security, ballistic missile defense, and nonproliferation."
And, most saliently:
"In the response to an aggressive North Korea and a more assertive China, our efforts to balance risk have increasingly focused on Asia.
"We will be prepared to support and defend our freedom of navigation and access to the global commons. Our partners and allies are our greatest strategic asset in the region. We will work with them to conduct multilateral exercises and operations"." [23]
At the forefront of the Pentagon's strategic assets in the Asia-Pacific area and increasingly far beyond is Japan.
1) Obama, Gates And Clinton In Asia: U.S. Expands Military Build-Up In
The East
Stop NATO, November 7, 2010
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2) U.S. Supports Japan, Confronts China And Russia Over Island Disputes
Stop NATO, November 4, 2010
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3) Russian Information Agency Novosti, January 7, 2011
4) Yonhap News, January 4, 2011
5) Russian Information Agency Novosti, January 3, 2011
6) Yonhap News, January 4, 2011
7) Xinhua News Agency, January 10, 2011
8) Proliferation Security Initiative And U.S. 1,000-Ship Navy: Control Of
World's Oceans, Prelude To War
Stop NATO, January 29, 2009
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9) U.S. Risks Military Clash With China In Yellow Sea
Stop NATO, July 16, 2010
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10) Stars and Stripes, January 11, 2011
11) Hankyoreh, January 11, 2011
12) Summary of National Defense Program Guidelines (NDPG), FY 2011
http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/news/NDPG.pdf.
13) Asahi Shimbun December 11, 2011
14) U.S. Builds Military Alliance With Japan, South Korea For War In The East
Stop NATO, December 14, 2010
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15) Kyodo News, December 11, 2010
16) Japan Times, January 11, 2011
17) Radio Netherlands/Yomiuri Shimbun, December 30, 2010
18) Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Monitored by Kuwait News Agency
January 6, 2011
19) Yomiuri Shimbun, January 10, 2011
20) Global Security Newswire, October 30, 2010
21) Japanese Military Joins U.S. And NATO In Horn Of Africa
Stop NATO, April 25, 2010
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22) Department of Defense, January 5, 2011
23) GJCS Guidance for 2011
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