President Obama's
Asia Trip
November 17-20, 2012
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign-policy/asia-trip-2012?utm_source=111912&utm_medium=topper&utm_campaign=daily
Since taking office President Obama has focused on the
importance of Asia Pacific to the future of the United States, both economically
and in terms of our political and security objectives in the world.
On this historic trip, his fifth to the region, President
Obama will be making the first-ever visit by a U.S. President to Burma and Cambodia.
President Obama's First Stop in Asia Is in Thailand
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/11/18/president-obamas-first-stop-asia-thailand
Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Shinawatra at
an Official Dinner
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/11/18/remarks-president-obama-and-prime-minister-shinawatra-official-dinner
President Obama Promises Support for the People of Burma
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/11/19/president-obama-promises-support-people-burma
Remarks by President Obama and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/11/19/remarks-president-obama-and-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi
Remarks by President Obama and President Thein Sein of Burma After
Bilateral Meeting
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/11/19/remarks-president-obama-and-president-thein-sein-burma-after-bilateral-m
ASEAN Summit wraps sans fireworks
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012112159852/National-news/asean-summit-wraps-sans-fireworks.html
In the finalised versions of joint statements and chairman’s
statements for the East Asia Summit, ASEAN-US Leaders Meeting and ASEAN-Japan
Summit, the topic was addressed only in the vaguest of terms concerning
maritime security. No mention was made of disagreement over how disputes should
be addressed. At times, no mention was made of the South
China Sea whatsoever.
But over the past days, clashes over how to address it have
loomed large. While the Philippines
has been most vociferous in its dissatisfaction, other countries have pressed
their point. After Cambodia
announced there had been an ASEAN agreement not to “internationalise” disputes
within the sea, the Philippines
flatly denied it, repeatedly stressing to the media there had been no such
consensus.