Obama deploys troops down under

04/15/2012 12:13 By TIMOTHY SPANGLER

The military commitment will help US preserve its interests in Southeast Asia.

Photo by: REUTERS

This week, 200 US Marines were deployed to Australia as part of US President Barack Obama’s decision to substantially increase America’s military commitment in Southeast Asia. Plans are for this number to increase to 2,500, as part of the administration’s five-year commitment to advancing deployment in this region.

The marines will be stationed at Robertson Barracks, at the edge of the city of Darwin, in the far north of Australia. US forces will be only miles from nearby Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world, where Obama lived for several years as a boy.

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Obama deploys troops down under

The military commitment will help US preserve its interests in Southeast Asia.

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