Japan-US Alliance Is Cornerstone of Asian-American Relations, Clinton Declares at Designation
(Washington-1/14/2009 1:36 A.M.)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/world/news/20090114-OYT1T00738.htm
On the 13th, Senator Hilary Clinton attended Senate Confirmation Hearings regarding her designation as Obama's new Secretary of State. In the beginning, she declared: "America's urgent matters cannot be solved alone, America cannot solve problems without the world. Foriegn Policy is not based around stiff ideology, it must be based on the combination of ideals and realism." She declared a change from the Bush Administration's "Stubborn Policy."
Regarding the US-Japan alliance, Ms. Clinton said; " Maintaining peace and prosperity in Asia and the Pacific Rim is imperative, US and Japanese Political Alliance is a cornerstone."
Regarding Chinese relations, she said; "WIth the importance a changing world, such fate rests on which route China takes both foreign and domestically."
She declared that "Our responsibility is not over" regarding the Iraq War. She later said that "instead we should refocus on the pivitol issue of Afganistan."
Yomiuri Shinbun
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