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U.S. wants Japan to keep spending to host military bases: envoy
Saturday 24th July, 06:44 AM JST
TOKYO —
Japan should maintain its spending on hosting U.S. military bases and personnel in the country and help ensure regional security, a senior U.S. official involved in bilateral negotiations said Friday. Japan has been cutting the budget for ‘‘host nation support,’’ which covers such costs as utility charges at the bases and salaries paid for Japanese workers there. The government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan is widely seen as exploring the possibility of reducing the spending further as part of his efforts to restore the nation’s fiscal health.
‘‘We are asking the Japanese people to contribute and to invest in the U.S.-Japan alliance,’’ U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro said. He was visiting Tokyo for negotiations with Japanese officials.
Shapiro, who visited South Korea before arriving in Japan, cited ‘‘challenges’’ and ‘‘threats’’ in East Asia, touching on the recent first talks in Seoul between the foreign and defense chiefs of the United States and South Korea after the sinking of a South Korean warship in March.
‘‘The role that the U.S. military plays in Japan and the region cannot be understated,’’ he said.
Japan has reduced the host nation support over the last decade. The related budget for the current fiscal 2010 came to around 188 billion yen ($2.15 billion).
http://www.stripes.com/news/japan-seeks-decrease-in-payments-to-support-u-s-bases-1.112317
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Japan seeks decrease in payments to support U.S. bases
Stars and Stripes
Published: July 26, 2010
GINOWAN, Okinawa — While debate rages concerning realigning U.S. forces in Japan, another issue is threatening to affect the U.S.-Japan alliance: How much should Japan pay to maintain U.S. bases in the country?
U.S. and Japan officials wrapped up two days of talks Friday in Tokyo on the so-called “host nation support” with one conclusion — more sessions are necessary. The bilateral agreement that covers the spending expires in March 2011.
During the talks, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro told his Japanese counterparts that Japan should maintain its current level of support, which covers things like utilities, salaries for Japanese base employees and some construction, according to Kyodo News.
Andrew Shapiro and Green youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mefewIRYkAA
Andrew Shapiro '94
http://www.law.columbia.edu/magazine/153308/andrew-shapiro-94
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During the legal quagmire following the 2000 presidential election,
Andrew J. Shapiro ’94 found himself trailing a yellow Ryder truck up the
Florida peninsula. The truck was chauffeuring roughly half a million contested
presidential ballots. Shapiro was there on behalf of then–presidential candidate
Al Gore to ensure that nothing on that 450-mile journey could taint the vote recount.
“I was there to the bitter end,” Shapiro recalls of the controversial election. “And then I was unemployed.”
But Shapiro’s joblessness did not last. In 2001, then-Senator Hillary Clinton scooped him up to serve on her staff as senior defense and foreign policy adviser. Eight years later, when Senator Clinton became Secretary of State Clinton, Shapiro was appointed to serve as her assistant secretary for political-military affairs.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_Political-Military_Affairs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_Political-Military_Affairs
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The Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs is a position within the American Department of State that manages the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, charged with linking the Department of Defense and the Department of State by providing policy in the areas of international security, security assistance, military operations, defense strategy and policy, military use of space, and defense trade. The Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs reports to the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Gallucci
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Robert L. Gallucci is Dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. "Prior to that appointment, he served in government service for twenty-one years. Beginning in August 1994, he was an Ambassador at Large in the State Department, and in March 1998, the Department of State named him the special envoy to deal with the threat posed by the proliferation of ballistic missiles. He served as Deputy Director of the U.N. Commission (UNSCOM) overseeing the disarmament of Iraq in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War." [1]
U.S. and Japan officials wrapped up two days of talks Friday in Tokyo on the so-called “host nation support” with one conclusion — more sessions are necessary. The bilateral agreement that covers the spending expires in March 2011.
During the talks, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro told his Japanese counterparts that Japan should maintain its current level of support, which covers things like utilities, salaries for Japanese base employees and some construction, according to Kyodo News.
Andrew Shapiro and Green youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mefewIRYkAA
Andrew Shapiro '94
http://www.law.columbia.edu/magazine/153308/andrew-shapiro-94
Excerpt:
During the legal quagmire following the 2000 presidential election,
Andrew J. Shapiro ’94 found himself trailing a yellow Ryder truck up the
Florida peninsula. The truck was chauffeuring roughly half a million contested
presidential ballots. Shapiro was there on behalf of then–presidential candidate
Al Gore to ensure that nothing on that 450-mile journey could taint the vote recount.
“I was there to the bitter end,” Shapiro recalls of the controversial election. “And then I was unemployed.”
But Shapiro’s joblessness did not last. In 2001, then-Senator Hillary Clinton scooped him up to serve on her staff as senior defense and foreign policy adviser. Eight years later, when Senator Clinton became Secretary of State Clinton, Shapiro was appointed to serve as her assistant secretary for political-military affairs.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_Political-Military_Affairs
| Robert Gallucci | July 13, 1992 | October 11, 1994 | George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_Political-Military_Affairs
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Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| United States Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs | |
|---|---|
| Inaugural holder | Ronald I. Spiers |
| Formation | 1969 |
| Website | Official Website |
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Gallucci
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 | This article is part of the Center for Media & Democracy's focus on the fallout of nuclear "spin." |
- President, MacArthur Foundation (as of 2009)
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