03/23/2009
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"Smart power requires reaching out to both friends and adversaries, to bolster old alliances and to forge new ones."
"Our alliance with Japan is a cornerstone of American policy in Asia, essential to maintaining peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region."
"China is a critically important actor in a changing global landscape."
"this was the first opportunity for the Nunn-Lugar Act to go outside of Russia and the former states that comprised the former Soviet Union."