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The U.S. Alliance With Japan, South Korea, Australia, The Philippines And Thailand
Were Considered Crucial To The Pivot. CLINTON: Our treaty alliances with Japan, South
Korea, Australia, the Philippines, and Thailand are the fulcrum for out strategic turn to the AsiaPacific. They have underwritten regional peace and security for more than half a century, shaping the
environment for the regions remarkable economic ascent. They leverage our regional presence and
enhance our regional leadership at a time of evolving security challenges. (Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, OpEd, Americas Pacific Century, Foreign Policy, 10/11/11)
Relations Committee Majority Staff, Re-Balancing The Rebalance: Resourcing U.S. Diplomatic Strategy In The Asia-Pacific Region, Senate Committee
On Foreign Relations, 4/17/14)
The Pivot In Terms Of Tangible Military Commitments To The Region Was Seen As
Small-Scale And Symbolic
The New York Times Called The Cornerstone Of The Pivot, A New Marine
Deployment To The Region, Relatively Modest. While the new military commitment is
relatively modest, Mr. Obama has promoted it as the cornerstone of a strategy to confront more
directly the challenge posed by Chinas rapid advance as an economic and military power. (Jackie Calmes,
A U.S. Marine Base For Australia Irritates China, The New York Times, 11/16/11)
The Congressional Research Service Called The Planned Military Shift To Asia SmallScale And Largely Symbolic. That said, many od the moved the Administration has taken
and said it will undertake are relatively small-scale; even the planned deployment of 2,500 Marines to
Australia is fairly modest. Yet, cumulatively they are designed to have a large symbolic impact. (Mark E.
Manyin et al., Pivot To The Pacific? The Obama Administrations Rebalancing Toward Asia, Congressional Research Service, 3/28/12)
The FY2013 Budget The Last While Clinton Served In The Obama Cabinet Included
A 5 Percent Decrease In Funding For East Asia And The Pacific Bilateral Assistance.
The Administrations budget request for FY2013 sends ambiguous signals. On the one hand, the
proposed budget includes a 5% decrease for East Asia and Pacific (EAP) bilateral assistance programs
below projected spending levels for FY2012. (Mark E. Manyin et al., Pivot To The Pacific? The Obama Administrations
Rebalancing Toward Asia, Congressional Research Service, 3/28/12)
Administration Officials And Defense Experts Said The Military Realignment To The
Asia-Pacific Simply Cant Happen
Assistant Secretary Of Defense For Acquisition Katrina McFarland Said The Defense
Department Was Reviewing The Pivot Because It Cant Happen. But Katrina McFarland,
assistant secretary of defense for acquisition, said the agency is now reconsidering the strategy in light
of the budget pressures it faces. Right now, the pivot is being looked at again, because candidly it
cant happen, she told Aviation Weeks Defense Technologies and Requirements conference in
Arlington, Va. (Zachary Fryer-Biggs, DOD Official: Asia Pivot Cant Happen Due To Budget Pressures, Defense News, 3/4/14)
According To A January 2014 Defense News Poll, 62 Percent of Defense Industry
Leaders Think The Pivot Cant Happen Within Current Budget Constraints. Asked if,
given the budget constraints and ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, the planned rebalance of
military assets to Asia would be affordable, 62 percent of respondents said no. (Zachary Fryer, Biggs, Poll:
Cyber Warfare Is Top Threat Facing US, Defense News, 1/5/14)
Americas Allies Are Skeptical That The Obama-Clinton Pivot Will Occur
Allies In Asia Expressed Concerns That America Would Not Follow Through On The
Pivot
Allies In The Asia Pacific Have Expressed Concerns That The United States Will Fail
To Commit To A Pivot And Will Cede Its Leadership Role To China. Mr. Obama
described the deployment as responding to the wishes of democratic allies in the region, from Japan
to India. Some allies have expressed concerns that the United States, facing war fatigue and a
slackened economy, will cede its leadership role to China. (Jackie Calmes, A U.S. Marine Base For Australia Irritates
China, The New York Times, 11/16/11)
Governments In The Asia Pacific Argued That The Obama-Clinton Foreign Policy Team
Loves To Talk About The Pivot But They Do Not Walk The Walk. The White Houses
problem is that even after years of talking about the strategic rebalance to the western Pacific, the
president and his administration still face a wall of skepticism from regional governments and critics
inside Washington. Obama and his top officials love to talk about focusing on Asia, the argument
goes, but they do not walk the walk. (Philip Ewing, Obamas Asia Pivot, A Work In Progress, Politico, 4/21/14)
Many In Asia Were Unsure If The Pivot Amounted To Much, As The The Credibility Of
The Pivot To Asia Took A Big Knock, With Some Asians Remain Unsure About
Whether The Strategic, Military Pivot Really Amounts To Much. When Barack Obama
ducked out of two summits in Indonesia and Brunei a year ago, the credibility of the pivot to Asia he
had proclaimed, giving the region greater importance in American foreign policy, took a big knock.
This month he is due to show up at back-to-back gatherings in Beijing, Naypyidaw, the capital of
Myanmar, and Brisbane in Australia, giving him a chance to hammer out the dent. It will be a
struggle. The centrepiece of the economic aspect of the pivot, a regional free-trade agreement called
the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), is still not a done deal. Some Asians remain unsure about
whether the strategic, military pivot really amounts to much. (The City On The Hill, The Economist, 11/1/14)
central bank here in China is making a very smart decision by continuing to invest in treasury bonds
for two reasons. First, because it's a good investment. It's a safe investment. Even despite the
economic challenges sweeping over the world, the United States has a well-deserved financial stability
reputation. And, secondly, because our economies are so intertwined. The Chinese know that, in order
to start exporting again to its biggest market, namely, the United States, the United States has to take
some very drastic measures with this stimulus package, which means we have to incur more debt.
(Dragon TV, 2/22/09)
Clintons Efforts Worked As Chinese Holdings Of U.S. Debt Rose By Over 60 Percent
During Her Tenure As Secretary
During Clintons Tenure As Secretary Of State, The Chinese Government Increased Its
Holdings In Treasury Securities From $744.2 Billion To $1.2142 Trillion, An Increase In
63 Percent. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 9/9/13; U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 9/9/13)
And The U.S. Trade Deficit With China Grew By Nearly $90 Billion
During Clintons Four Years As Secretary Of State, The Annual Trade Deficit With
China Increased By $89 Billion, From $226 Billion In 2009 To $315 Billion In 2012. (Trade
In Goods With China, United States Census, Accessed 7/17/14)
The Cyber Security Threat From China Has Increased Under Clinton, Resulting In The
Theft Of Billions Of Dollars Of Data
Cyber Attacks On The American Military And Defense Firms Have Increased In 2011,
With No Response From Obama. Cyber attacks on U.S. military and defense industry computer
systems are increasing, and many of the attacks are coming from China, a U.S. government
commission says. China has recognized the importance of cyber operations as a tool of warfare, the
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission says in a report released Nov. 20. (William
Matthews, Chinese Cyber Attacks On Rise: U.S. Report, Defense News, 11/20/11)
Chinese Hackers Are Erasing The Global Advantage For American Firms. Senior U.S.
officials know well that the government of China is systematically attacking the computer networks of
the U.S. government and American corporations. Beijing is successfully stealing research and
development, software source code, manufacturing know-how and government plans. In a global
competition among knowledge-based economies, Chinese cyberoperations are eroding America's
advantage. (Richard Clarke, Op-Ed, China's Cyberassault On America, The Wall Street Journal, 6/15/11)
Approximately A Dozen Chinese Gangs Are Responsible For Most Of The Cyber Theft In
The U.S., Stealing Billions Of Dollars Of Data. As few as 12 different Chinese groups, largely
backed or directed by the government there, commit the bulk of the China-based cyberattacks stealing
critical data from U.S. companies and government agencies, according to U.S. cybersecurity analysts
and experts. (Lolita Baldor, A Few Hacker Teams Do Most China-Based Data Theft, The Associated Press, 12/12/11)
Clinton Also Infuriated Human Rights Activists By Ignoring Chinese Human Rights
Violations
During A Press Roundtable, Secretary Clinton Downplayed The Importance Of
Discussing Human Rights With China Because We Know What Theyre Going To Say.
CLINTON: Now, that doesn't mean that questions of Taiwan and Tibet and human rights, the whole
range of challenges that we often engage on with the Chinese are not part of the agenda either. But we
pretty much know what they're going to say. We know that we're going to press them to reconsider
their position about Tibetan religious and cultural freedom, and autonomy for the Tibetans and some
kind of recognition or acknowledgment of the Dalai Lama. And we know what they're going to say,
because I've had those conversations for more than a decade with Chinese leaders. And we know what
they're going to say about Taiwan and military sales, and they know what we're going to say. (Secretary
Hillary Clinton, Roundtable With The Traveling Press, Seoul, South Korea, 2/20/09)
Clinton Said Human Rights Cant Interfere With More Pressing Issues That Needed
Chinese Cooperation. CLINTON: But successive administrations and Chinese governments have
been poised back and forth on these issues, and we have to continue to press them. But our pressing
on those issues can't interfere with the global economic crisis, the global climate change crisis, and the
security crisis. We have to have a dialogue that leads to an understanding and cooperation on each of
those. (Secretary Hillary Clinton, Roundtable With Traveling Press, Seoul, South Korea, 2/20/09)