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...contrast, on Obama's first visit to Europe and Asia, the President held two full press conferences and answered multiple questions from traveling reporters at several other events. At the time, the press access was seen as extraordinarily generous for a traveling President...
...Barack Obama embarks on his first trip to Asia as President, he has the luxury of a largely united group of aides to guide him through the diplomatic and economic issues that have characterized U.S.-Asian relations for more than a decade: claims of unfair trade practices between the U.S. and China and Japan, the ongoing crisis of a potentially nuclear North Korea, the challenge of how to best address climate change and the fate of U.S. military bases in Japan...
...Typically for this Administration, all have strong academic backgrounds and tend to be wonks, more comfortable talking policy behind the scenes than making speeches. In a break for an Administration known for a White House-controlled foreign policy, the State Department plays heavily in strategy and policy implementation on Asia, which has helped create comity between the two centers of power...
...Obama's closest Asia hand is Jeffrey Bader, the President's senior Asia director at the National Security Council. Bader is the one to brief him in the West Wing during the day, to coordinate the agencies in policy formation, and to stand by when Obama takes or makes calls to leaders. Bader spent 27 years in government as a career foreign-service officer focusing on China and trade. Bader came to the Administration from the Brookings Institution, where he had been hired by James Steinberg, now Deputy Secretary of State...
...department is a key player on policy in this part of the world. That policy weight comes from Steinberg, a China expert and former Deputy National Security Adviser who is staying in Washington during the trip. He has been largely responsible for designing the Administration's approach to Asia, which is to focus on reassuring both long-term allies and China that the U.S. seeks increased cooperation in areas of shared interest. Kurt Campbell, a centrist Clinton White House and Pentagon official, will have the point position when it comes to briefing the President on upcoming meetings and issues during...