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17 Nov 05:59am

Filed under: Anzus Treaty, Australia, Barack Obama, Bob Brown, Military, United States

If you want to keep tabs on all the Obama action throughout the day, you can’t beat this live blog by Chris Paine over at News.com.au.

The eventual deployment of 2500 Marines in the Northern Territory, weather permitting, is not a massive military investment but it is designed to send a substantial message.

And the message is that as global power moves from the Atlantic to Asia, the United States intends to move with it.

And Australia will continue to be aligned with the US, even as its economic and cultural gears mesh more evenly and frequently with those of its regional neighbours.

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