Gates sees wider US military presence in Asia - Asia, World - The Independent: "In a parting pitch to Asian allies, retiring US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today that the Pentagon is considering steps to widen its military presence across the Pacific Rim. He said budget woes won't interfere.
'America is, as the expression goes, putting our money where our mouth is with respect to this part of the world — and will continue to do so,' Gates told Asia's premier security conference, known as the Shangri-La Dialogue.
On his final overseas trip before stepping down June 30 — and his seventh to Asia in the last 18 months — Gates insisted that Americans' war weariness and debt worries should not be seen as setting the stage for a shrinking of US commitments in Asia. On the leading sources of US security concerns in Asia — North Korea and China — he made only brief mention"
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