Julie Pace

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U.S. President Barack Obama looks at his watch before answering a reporter's question 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 vigorously defends foreign policy record

Julie Pace · April 29, 2014 3:40 am

President Barack Obama speaks before participating in the signing of major commercial agreements with American businesses at the Ritz-Carlton in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, April 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

In Malaysia, Obama keeps focus on human rights

Julie Pace · April 28, 2014 2:19 am

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak as he arrives at his residence in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Opening the first visit to Malaysia by a U.S. president in nearly half a century, Obama is holding economic and security talks with Razak, who leads a southeast Asian nation with an important role in Obama's efforts to forge deeper ties with the region. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

In Asia, Obama carefully calibrates China message

Julie Pace · April 27, 2014 4:04 am

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses U.S. military personnel at Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 26, 2014. Obama is wrapping up his two-day visit to South Korea and will continue to Malaysia and the Philippines on his four country Asia visit. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama warns NKorea against nuclear threats

Julie Pace · April 26, 2014 3:24 am

U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye attend a joint news conference at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 25, 2014. Obama, continuing his four-nation Asia trip which began in Japan, is expected to underscore warnings against North Korean nuclear provocations, calls to lower tensions in regional territorial disputes, and words of condolence for the ferry disaster victims and the people of South Korea. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama: Economic sanctions if Russia enters Ukraine

Julie Pace · April 25, 2014 2:29 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama answers a reporter's question during a joint news conference with South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 25, 2014. Obama says Japan's use of South Korean "comfort women" during World War II was a terrible and egregious violation of human rights. Obama is addressing historical tensions between U.S. allies Japan and South Korea during a news conference in Seoul with South Korean President Park Geun-hye. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama: Lack of will in Israel, Palestinian talks

Julie Pace · April 25, 2014 11:39 am

U.S. President Barack Obama waves upon his arrival for two-day visit at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea ferry disaster may cloud Obama visit

Julie Pace · April 25, 2014 5:07 am

President Barack Obama attends a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo, Thursday, April 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Junko Kimura-Matsumoto, Pool)

Obama to Russia: More sanctions are ‘teed up’

Julie Pace · April 24, 2014 1:55 pm

President Barack Obama, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at the conclusion of their joint news conference at the Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Obama said Thursday that he wants to see a dispute between China and Japan over islands in the East China Sea resolved peacefully, while affirming that America's mutual security treaty with Japan applies to the islands. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Obama: US would defend Japan in islands dispute

Julie Pace · April 24, 2014 6:06 am

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Akasaka Palace State Guest House in Tokyo Thursday, April 24, 2014. Obama says new sanctions targeting Russia are, quote, "teed up." But he says the United States needs support from allies to make the sanctions work and says he is working to build such backing. Opening a four-country swing through the Asia-Pacific region, Obama is aiming to promote the U.S. as a committed economic, military and political partner, but the West's dispute with Russia over Ukraine threatens to cast a shadow over the president's sales mission. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: New sanctions against Russia are ‘teed up’

Julie Pace · April 24, 2014 5:49 am

FILE - This April 17, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. During his upcoming trip to Asia, the president and the region's leaders will be keeping close watch on the Russian troops amassed on Ukraine's border and the status of a tenuous diplomatic deal aimed at keeping those forces at bay. In Asia, the U.S. response to the Ukraine crisis is being viewed through the prism of the region's own territorial disputes China. Japan and the Philippines _ two of the four countries Obama will visit _ are locked in tense disputes with Beijing over islands in the South and East China Seas and will be seeking reassurances that the U.S. would back them if the conflicts boiled over. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Asia seeks Obama’s assurance in territorial spats

Julie Pace · April 19, 2014 5:24 pm

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Julie Pace · April 19, 2014 5:16 am