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Fewer Marines, more airmen proposed -- Pacific Daily News
Fewer Marines, more airmen proposed -- Pacific Daily News

(2011-05-12) "One might argue that maybe only the budget crisis in the U.S. would have driven this change even in the absence of disaster in Japan, or only the Japan disasters without a budget crisis could do this," Roy said. "But, together, the two create an obvious goal of saving money."

Although Congress may not have direct control over the U.S.-Japan treaty that guides the buildup, all three senators behind the proposal are powerful senior lawmakers with considerable military experience, Roy said.

Also, if Congress doesn't approve of the current base realignment plan, it has the power to "hold funding hostage," Roy said. --Also appears in Navy Times, Marine Corp Times, Army Times, and Air Force Times.

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Fewer Marines, more airmen proposed -- Pacific Daily News
Vietnam Communists Hold Election for National Assembly Involving One Party -- Bloomberg
Vietnam Communists Hold Election for National Assembly Involving One Party -- Bloomberg

(2001-05-21) "The Vietnamese government feels compelled to call their system democratic and to hold elections to try to tell the rest of the world that their version of democracy is just different from others," Raymond Burghardt, a former U.S. ambassador to Vietnam and now director of seminars at the East-West Center in Honolulu, said in a telephone interview. "But the essence of this political system is that no alternative centers of power will be permitted to emerge." -- Also appears in: San Francisco Chronicle and Businessweek

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Vietnam Communists Hold Election for National Assembly Involving One Party -- Bloomberg
Google Says It Uncovered Attempt to Steal Users’ Gmail Account Passwords -- Bloomberg
Google Says It Uncovered Attempt to Steal Users’ Gmail Account Passwords -- Bloomberg

(2011-06-01) “A lot of this goes on internationally,” said Christopher McNally, a fellow and political economist at the East-West Center in Honolulu. “In most situations, it’s certain rogue organizations or even individuals that are doing it for profit.” -- Also appears in: BusinessWeek, Denver Post, San Francisco Chronicle

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Google Says It Uncovered Attempt to Steal Users’ Gmail Account Passwords -- Bloomberg