Countering China, Obama asserts US a Pacific power (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111117/ap_on_re_as/as_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111116/capt.e1652bbecc014d5bb499520b7b746816-e1652bbecc014d5bb499520b7b746816-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=GHGoYs59QfkT9TFs9xfATw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the Australian Parliament in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Signaling a determination to counter a rising China, President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to expand U.S. influence in the Asia-Pacific region and "project power and deter threats to peace" in that part of the world even as he reduces defense spending and winds down two wars.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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