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"It's no secret that we are the biggest market in Southeast Asia and everybody wants to be here, " he says.
CNN: Tremors from the Timor
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Here in Southeast Asia, we see the potential for integration among nations and people.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks at the University of Yangon
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Any opportunities that we have to locate forces in the Southeast Asia region relieves some pressure on that need to, at great expense, deploy and sustain forces present in Southeast Asia.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing with Ben Rhodes and Admiral Robert Willard
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So we do believe that, in addition to wanting to support the democratic agenda and the human rights agenda that we've been promoting in Burma, we also see a very positive future for Burma as a partner within Southeast Asia and within the region for the United States.
WHITEHOUSE: The White House
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And I think the President will put this into a bigger context of what this drawdown means for our national security efforts, both in Afghanistan and in Southeast Asia and throughout the world, as we take the fight directly to al Qaeda, as well as the priorities that we have and must be -- and we must address here at home.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing
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We also hope to contribute to creating a region in East Asia, in Southeast Asia, and especially in Asia Pacific, to become a region that is stable and productive.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and President Yudhoyono Press Availability | The White House
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We looked forward to U.S. support for other sub-regional cooperation frameworks in Southeast Asia.
WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting
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As I said in Tokyo yesterday, the United States is a Pacific nation, and we enjoy deep historical ties to Southeast Asia -- one of the most important and dynamic regions of the world.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Speak After ASEAN-10 Meeting | The White House