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CHELLANEY: Obama’s Asia policy remains adrift

By Brahma Chellaney

In this Sept. 20, 2013, file photo, Filipino Marines and U.S. Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit BOXER Amphibious Ready Group based in Okinawa, Japan, drop from a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter during a joint military exercise called Philippines-U.S. Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) in Ternate, Cavite province, southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

New pact reflects cozier US-Philippine alliance

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Ohio has 26 confirmed measles cases in 5 counties

Associated Press

President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at the Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Subang, Malaysia, Monday, April 28, 2014, before heading to Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay, Philippines. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

Obama vigorously defends foreign policy record

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

Obama: US takes VA neglect claim ‘very seriously’

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U.S. President Barack Obama looks towards Press Secretary Jay Carney during a joint news conference with Philippines President Benigno Aquino III at Malacanang Palace in Manila, the Philippines, Monday, April 28, 2014. President Obama said a 10-year agreement signed Monday to give the U.S military greater access to Philippine bases will help promote regional security, improve armed forces training and shorten response times to humanitarian crises, including natural disasters. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama pledges federal help after deadly tornado

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Obama secures defense deal with Philippines, blasts his foreign policy critics

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 31, 2009 file photo, soldiers from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) 6th Armored Division carries the Chinese type 97 semi-auto machine guns march at their military base on the outskirts of Beijing. China’s boosted defense spending this year grew 12.2 percent to $132 billion, continuing more than two decades of nearly unbroken double-digit percentage increases that have afforded Beijing the means to potentially alter the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific. Outside observers put China’s actual defense spending significantly higher, although estimates vary widely. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China splurging on military as US pulls back

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Measles off to a fast start, as cases trend up

By MIKE STOBBE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 25, 2014 file photo, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, right, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, as U.S. President Barack Obama looks on before their trilateral meeting at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in the Hague, Netherlands. Obama’s travels through Asia this week will underscore the renewed U.S. commitment to the region, with an eye both to China’s rising assertiveness and to the fast-growing markets that are the center of gravity for global growth. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Do Kwang-hwan) KOREA OUT

Obama visit to Asia seen as counterweight to China

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Police train their fire hose at protesters as the latter try to force their way closer to the U.S. Embassy for a rally against next week's visit of U.S. President Barack Obama, in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Philippine police armed with truncheon, shields and water hose have clashed with more than 100 left-wing activists who rallied at the U.S. Embassy in Manila to oppose a visit by Obama and a looming pact that will increase the American military presence in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Protesters, police clash in Philippines ahead of Obama visit

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

National Security Adviser Susan Rice (Associated Press/File)

Obama to renew pitch for big free-trade agreement

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

National Security Adviser Susan Rice, right, accompanied by Ben Rhodes, deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting, speaks about President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Asia, Friday April 18, 2014 , at the White House briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Asia seeks Obama’s assurance in territorial spats

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

Malaysia reports first Asian death from MERS virus

Associated Press

Hanover doctor aids people in the Philippines

By JENNIFER WENTZ - Associated Press

Illustration on the South China Sea by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

FISHER: Shades of Berlin in the South China Sea

By Richard D. Fisher Jr.