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International Herald Tribune
| 1 year ago
Defense Chief Shrugs Off Objections to Drones Pool photo by Jim Watson/Reuters Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta at a welcoming ceremony at the Defense Ministry in New Delhi, India on Wednesday...Panetta brushed aside concerns on Wednesday that drone...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Meredith Buel June 06, 2012 The United States is building up its navy fleet in the Asia-Pacific region, a part of the world where China also has strategic interests...The move is part of the Obama administration's strategic pivot to Asia, which...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
The naval standoff between China and the Philippines is winding down, but the tensions between the two countries aren't, even as their ships are steaming away from the area where they have faced off for weeks. Naval vessels have left the immediate...
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NewKerala
| 1 year ago
Defence Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday said the two nations are leaders in technology development and can do incredible work together. "I want to stress that the United States is firmly committed to providing the best defense technology possible...
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Kuwait Times
| 1 year ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday he will boost military cooperation with China, including holding more joint exercises, after the United States announced plans to shift most of its warships to the Asia-Pacific by 2020. Putin referred...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta has discussed a number of important issues, including security in Afghanistan and the India n Ocean, as well as New Delhi's tense relationship with Pakistan , ahead of the third India-U.S. Strategic Dialogue that will...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, on a visit to India, said both India and the United States will need to overcome deep differences with Pakistan to make South Asia peaceful. The visit underscores the greater U.S. focus on India to promote peace and...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
VOA News June 06, 2012 The United States has no plans to curtail drone attacks on Pakistani soil, saying its right to target terrorist leaders "is about our sovereignty."...Defense secretary Leon Panetta issued the defense of the strikes Wednesday,...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Pentagon chief Leon Panetta vowed Wednesday to expand defence ties between India and the United States, saying New Delhi was a "lynchpin" in a new US military strategy focused on Asia. At a think-tank in the Indian capital Panetta was expected to say,...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
The overture for increased cooperation comes at a critical period. After several years of ramped up military cooperation and U.S. defense sales to India, there is a perception from officials and analysts on both sides that the relationship has...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines President Benigno Aquino III aims to boost the country's relations with the United States when he makes his working visit to Washington DC, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Cuisia said. In a statement issued by the Philippine Embassy...
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BBC South Asia
| 1 year ago
Leon Panetta holds talks with India defence minister Mr Panetta is in Delhi to discuss the new US strategic focus on Asia US defence secretary Leon Panetta has held talks with Indian Defence Minister AK Antony on the concluding day of his first visit...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Panetta's two-day visit to New Delhi is part of a tour of the region that has stressed Washington's strategic shift to Asia, with US officials portraying India as an anchor for the new approach. In talks Tuesday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,...
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Indian Express
| 1 year ago
S '+google_ads[i].line2 +' '+google_ads[i].line3 + ' Agencies : Washington, Wed Jun 06 2012, 10:37 hrs The US' rebalancing strategy and more focus on the Asia-Pacific region is not targeted against any country, the Pentagon said today, amidst...
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The Economic Times
| 1 year ago
Soon after announcing details of Washington's plans to 'rebalance' its military strategy in Asia-Pacific, US defence secretary Leon Panetta discussed its implications with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Tuesday. The US views India as a vital...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Alarmed by the growing aggressiveness of China, the Senate leadership is poised to ratify today the Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (Sovfa) between the Philippines and Australia, a military treaty that does not allow basing rights and retain the...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
President Aquino is welcomed by British officials, led by Baroness Rawlings (third from right), baroness in waiting to Queen Elizabeth II, at London's Heathrow Airport on Monday for his official working visit to the United Kingdom. Benigno Aquino III...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Shangri-La' is an earthly paradise first described in the 1930s by British author James Hilton as a utopia of peace and happiness, originally thought to be located near the western end of the Himalayas and Western China 's Xinjiang Province...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta encouraged India to play a "more active role" in Afghanistan during talks Tuesday in New Delhi, US officials said. Washington has previously worried about India antagonising its arch-foe Pakistan and preferred New...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
VOA News June 05, 2012 Chinese state media warned Tuesday, that Washington's planned military shift towards the Asia-Pacific threatens to create rifts between the two countries and may upset regional stability. The warnings come days after Defense...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Saturday that the Pentagon will reposition its naval forces so that 60 percent of its battleships are in the Asia-Pacific region by the end of the decade, up from about 50 percent now. Echoing reassurances...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
Defence Secretary Leon Panetta flies to India on Tuesday for talks focusing on Washington's strategic shift towards Asia, as US officials eye New Delhi as a potentially pivotal partner. Security ties to India have steadily improved in recent years...
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The Jakarta Post
| 1 year ago
China Sea navigation 'not impeded by disputes' Asia News Network (The Straits Times), Beijing, China Tue, 06/05/2012 8:08 AM Freedom of navigation in the South China Sea has never been affected by the territorial disputes there, said China's Foreign...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
He will miss Elizabeth II, the British queen, but he will have some time with Barack Obama, the US President, and with Jessica Sanchez, the half-Filipino American Idol singing sensation. Leaving Manila Monday on his 15th foreign trip since he took...
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The Hindu
| 1 year ago
June 5, 2012 New Delhi and Washington will seek to further deepen and bolster their defence relationship during a two-day visit by U.S...Mr. Panetta, a former chief of the Central Intelligence Agency, will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and hold...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
The United States' top military official discussed boosting the poorly equipped Philippine armed forces in a meeting Monday with President Benigno Aquino, a presidential spokesman said. Aquino and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
Tensions between Beijing and Washington intensified this week as international leaders met to discuss the handling of the South China Sea. As America attempts to involve itself in the region, China is asking Obama and company to butt out...Beijing...
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China News
| 1 year ago
Deliberately highlighting the military and security agenda, deploying more military forces and strengthening military alliances in the Asia-Pacific region are inappropriate, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said Monday. At an Asian...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
That volume was over and above the regular quota of 138,827 MT. "We asked for and received assurances (from the United States Trade Representative) that the US does not intend to re-negotiate sugar access in TPP negotiations that already have FTA...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
China said Monday a US decision to shift the bulk of its naval fleet to the Pacific by 2020 was "untimely" and called on Washington to respect its interests in the region. The decision to deploy more ships to the Pacific Ocean and to expand defense...
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Indian Express
| 1 year ago
Faced with the growing Chinese assertiveness and a raging maritime territorial dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea, Vietnam has been steadily drawing closer to the United States in recent years. In warmly receiving Panetta, Hanoi is...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Vietnam will open up three new areas to American teams searching for missing war-time soldiers, its defence chief announced on Monday during landmark talks with his US counterpart Leon Panetta. The pledge came on the second day of a highly symbolic...
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Fox News
| 1 year ago
Vietnam The Vietnamese government has announced it will open three previously restricted sites for excavation by the U.S. to search for troop remains from the war. The announcement from Vietnam Minister of Defense Phung Quang Thanh comes as U.S.
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Forty-five years ago, American cargo ships filled this vast harbor, unloading supplies day after day for U.S. troops fighting the Viet Cong. Today, the bay's azure waters are largely empty, except for local fishing boats. The once-bustling U.S.
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
BAY, Vietnam America's top defense official traveled to Cam Rahn Bay on Sunday, a symbolic return to what was a vital naval base for the United States during the Vietnam War...Panetta's visit to the bay the first by a U.S. secretary of defense in...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has called for continued access to harbors in the South China Sea, as the U.S. seeks to move a majority of its warships to the Asian-Pacific region by 2020. Panetta comments Sunday came as he visited Vietnam's deep-...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Unhappy with American plans to shift a bulk of its naval fleet to Asia Pacific by 2020, China on Sunday warned the US to refrain from muddying the waters in South China Sea, saying the move will raise tensions in the region. While there was no...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines The United States Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, General Martin Dempsey, arrived in Manila on Sunday for a two-day visit. The Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff, General Jessie Dellosa, will meet his US counterpart on Monday...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta's announcement that the country will deploy 60 percent of its naval forces in the Pacific Ocean by 2020 has triggered a pointed response from China . According to the United Daily News, a major Taiwanese newspaper,...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday a former port used by US forces in the Vietnam War could play a pivotal role in the American military's shift towards the Asia-Pacific...With new plans to shift the majority of the US naval fleet to the...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Ng said Sunday the divergence of economic partnerships and defense relations will challenge existing alignments among nations. Asia will challenge existing alliances as nations try to balance strong economic ties to China with defense links to...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Greater number' of US warships to visit Philippines 6:13 pm Sunday, June 3rd, 2012 Foreign Affairs secretary Alberto del Rosario. Philippines Expect a greater number of United States warships to visit the country as Washington increases its military...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
That was the fundamental message the US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta brought to this year's Asian security summit in Singapore...The Obama Administration having announced the so-called "pivot" back to Asia at the start of the year, it was left to...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Taipei, June 3 (CNA) Taiwan welcomes the United States' recent commitment to shift a greater number of warships to the Asia-Pacific region over the next few years, a defense official said Sunday. "The Ministry of National Defense welcomes any measure...
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The Jakarta Post
| 1 year ago
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the US Navy will reposition 60 per cent of its warships in Asia by 2020, as part of its new military strategy that focuses on Asia. This is up from the current 50 per cent of its fleet that is in this region,...
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Indian Express
| 1 year ago
US, China flexing Naval muscle, Antony says high seas not exclusive to anyone '+google_ads[i].line2 +' '+google_ads[i].line3 + ' On a day when the United States revealed that it would be moving the majority of its warships to the Asia-Pacific region...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
People's Liberation Army (PLA) Lieutenant General Ren Haiquan's comments were Beijing's first public reaction to the statement on Saturday by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that the Pentagon will reposition its naval fleet so 60 percent of its...
