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Gates stops in Guam en route to Asia
0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008
HAGATNA, Guam (AFP) — US Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Thursday in the tiny Pacific territory of Guam, ahead of an Asian tour featuring an annual regional security conference in Singapore.
Gates touched down at Guam's Andersen air force base at 3:30 pm (0530 GMT), one day before he heads to Singapore for the Shangri-la Dialogue, bringing together top officials and experts from the Asia-Pacific through Sunday.
The US defense secretary will then head to Thailand and South Korea.
Guam, a US territory since 1898, is currently home to about 6,000 military personnel, but will soon become an even more important US base, with the relocation of about 8,000 Marines from Japan's Okinawa island by 2014.
"That will more than double the US military...
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