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April 18, 2013

US warship in Southeast Asia gives punch to US Asian 'pivot'
Singapore (AFP) April 18, 2013
A US warship designed to fight in coastal areas arrived Thursday in Singapore for its Southeast Asian deployment, underlining President Barack Obama's new strategic focus on Asia. The deployment of the USS Freedom comes at a time of heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula and as China publicly flexes its naval muscle in the South China Sea, where it has competing territorial claims with some Southeast Asian states. US Navy officials said the Freedom, a new class of vessel called the littoral ... read more

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