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01 18th, 2010|
AFP - Paratroopers from the US army’s 82nd Airborne deployed Monday out of the main Haitian airport in waves of navy Seahawk helicopters to set up bases from which to begin humanitarian operations.
Jan
11
Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to the South Pacific this week, working to boost key U.S. alliances while pressing Japan to resolve a damaging dispute over a critical U.S. military base.
Jan
8
Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will ask Japan to recommit to the U.S. security pact and Okinawa military bases when she meets Japan’s foreign minister next week, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.
Jan
8
Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will ask Japan to recommit to the U.S. security pact and Okinawa military bases when she meets Japan’s foreign minister next week, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.
Nov
10
AFP - US President Barack Obama urged Japan’s new centre-left government on Tuesday to keep a pact allowing US bases on its territory, as both sides laid the groundwork for his visit to Tokyo this week.
Nov
10
AFP - US President Barack Obama thinks a US military bases pact with Japan, now under review by a new government in Tokyo, serves Japan’s interest and will continue, he said in comments broadcast Tuesday.
Oct
30
AFP - Colombia granted the United States access to seven military bases on Friday for counternarcotics operations, signing a deal that has angered leftist South American governments wary of US presence in the region.
Oct
30
AP - In a private, low-key ceremony, the U.S. ambassador and three Colombian ministers on Friday signed a pact giving American personnel expanded access to military bases in this drug-producing country, a deal that Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez has called a threat to the region’s security.
Sep
22
Reuters - The United States would like Japan to honor agreements to keep U.S. forces stationed on Okinawa but has no intention of dictating to the new Japanese government, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.