US seeks return to southeast Asian military bases

06/23/12: The Washington Post reports the US military is eyeing a return to some familiar bases from the Vietnam War as the Obama Administration revamps its Asian strategy in response to a rising China.? In recent weeks, the Pentagon has intensified discussions with Thailand about creating a regional disaster-relief hub at an American-built airfield that housed B-52 bombers during the 1960s and 1970s.? US officials said they are also interested in more naval visits to Thai ports and joint surveillance flights to monitor trade routes and military movements.? In next-door Vietnam, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta this month became the highest-ranking US official to visit the naval and air base at Cam Ranh Bay since the end of the war.

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