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ASPI suggests
Posted By The Editors on October 4, 2013 @ 14:00
The US and Japan agreed to expand defence cooperation during Secretaries Kerry and Hagel’s visit to Tokyo this week. Hagel said:
Our bilateral defense cooperation, including America’s commitment to the security of Japan, is a critical component of our overall relationship, and to the Obama administration’s rebalance to Asia-Pacific.
…[T]he longer the fight continues, the greater the chance that the modest economic harm of the shutdown will turn into something much worse. Around October 17th the federal government will hit the debt ceiling. This ceiling has been raised 74 times before, and raising it again should be routine. But what if no one backs down?
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/10067926645_9028fbea1c_b.jpg
[2] expand defence cooperation: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/world/asia/japan-and-us-agree-to-broaden-military-alliance.html?ref=asia
[3] Ian Bremmer noted: https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/382625980323725312
[4] Obama’s UN Speech: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/us/politics/text-of-obamas-speech-at-the-un.html?pagewanted=all
[5] Obama has cancelled trips to Malaysia and the Philippines: http://www.forbes.com/sites/simonmontlake/2013/10/02/as-obama-cancels-his-trip-chinas-president-heads-to-indonesia-malaysia/
[6] has this graphic of the back and forth so far: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/30/us/politics/the-back-and-forth-over-the-shutdown.html?ref=us
[7] some NSA staff have received letters telling them to stay home: http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/10/02/heres-the-letter-telling-nsa-staff-to-go-home-for-the-government-shutdown/
[8] there may be worse to come: http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21587250-shutdown-bad-enough-what-follows-may-be-far-worse-closed-until-further-notice
[9] International Fleet Review: http://www.navy.gov.au/ifr/
[10] RAN Sea Power Conference: http://www.navy.gov.au/ran-sea-power-conference-2013
[11] Pacific 2013 International Maritime Congress and Exposition: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/in-the-market-for-a-naval-shipbuilding-plan/
[12] here: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/international-fleet-review-sydney-what-you-should-know-20131002-2usgm.html
[13] here: http://www.sea1000.gov.au/
[14] send them to North Korea: http://www.nknews.org/2013/06/how-to-send-your-child-to-summer-camp-in-north-korea/
[15] State Department: http://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/10067926645/