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...became yet another distraction. Just hours into his first trip to Asia as President and his 17th visit to a foreign country, one thing has become clear: Obama is having a tough time keeping the international focus on Asia with so much else going on in the world and at home...
Perhaps in anticipation of the distractions of the news cycle, Obama's aides have scheduled only three press conferences during his weeklong trip, one each in Japan, China and South Korea. At each event, only one member of his traveling press corps will be able to ask Obama a question, though such questions tend to have multiple parts. The President has also scheduled one-on-one interviews with some U.S. media outlets...
...leaked speculation about President's Afghan decision, Gibbs admitted that the time change, long flight and lack of sleep might be getting to him. "See, I went cranky on that one," he said, prompting laughter from the press corps. The President is also sure to need patience as the trip progresses, lest he too get cranky at the focus of the international press...
...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...
...Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is on Obama's trip and can rightly claim that her 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...