President Barack Obama arrives in Asia later today on his first foreign trip since re-election, underscoring the region’s importance to U.S. growth as his administration seeks to harness economic opportunities abroad.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reached out to China and touted Asia’s growth prospects in a speech yesterday that mapped out a foreign policy focused more on economic strength than military might. Obama’s trip signals the U.S.’s increased focus on Asia with the conflict in Iraq over and the war in Afghanistan winding down, Clinton said in Singapore.
