U.S. military’s strategic shift in focus towards Asia-Pacific (sort of) explained. (DOD)

News Article: Pentagon Official Explains Asia-Pacific Focus

defense.gov 24 Sep '12, 10pm

U.S. military’s strategic shift in focus towards Asia-Pacific (sort of) explained. (DOD)

Pentagon Official Explains Asia-Pacific Focus By Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr. American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2012 The entire U.S. government has made a concerted effort to improve U.S.-China relations while implementing the tenets in the defense strategic guidance, a senior Pentagon official said here today. Speaking to an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Kathleen Hicks, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy explained the U.S. military’s strategic shift in focus toward the Asia-Pacific region. “The investment of time and resources that the entire U.S. government is making in our relationships in this region includes a strong emphasis on improving relations with China,” she said. But as President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and D...

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