Obama Visit Heralds Closer Defense Relations, Australia Says
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President Barack Obama will announce the biggest enhancement in military ties with Australia since the 1980s during his visit to the nation this week, Defense Minister Stephen Smith said.
Increasing military training and U.S. access to Australian bases will be part of an agreement the nations have been working on for more than a year, Smith said in a Bloomberg television interview late yesterday in Canberra.