US re-focussing its Asia 'pivot'
- Published: 5 Mar 2013 at 05.49
- Online news: Asia
WASHINGTON - The United States remains committed to its so-called pivot to Asia, a senior US official said Tuesday (Thailand time), after a former senior White House adviser said it had been a regrettable choice of words.
Former national security adviser General Jim Jones at the Foreign Press Center in Washington, DC.
General Jim Jones, the former national security advisor to President Barack Obama, told a Washington think-tank last week that "pivot to Asia" were probably "the words we regret most."
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