the south pacific force can't absorb that he be. by february the japanese are attempting their own, they're able to effect it the last of their starved, drag figures out of guadalcanal. utah, their starvation victims. that was the state of the japanese infantry in guadalcanal because the constructive force of our naval forces stopping the tokyo express from we enforcing figures and. a six-month campaign of attrition is frankly, it is ghastly. what happens to ship when it is hit like this, what happens to the men on board this ship, you know. but it was necessary because there was only way to be the japanese and that was to step up and smack them in the mouth. we did at midway, and that guadalcanal we did it the old-fashioned way. it's a story that i tried to bring together comprehensively and read-only. certainly after writing my first book, "the last stand of the tin can sailors," was about a single naval engagement the last about two hours and it goes in close for one battle, extraordinary victory fought late in the work to my seco

they are the cumulative efforts of the asian pacific heritage celebration committee. ounder and chairman of the heritage celebration committee. you did not get to rest at all, come on back. >> thank you for being here. thank you for joining us. i know it is a little tough right now, but when you have a chance, look around you and look at the people sitting around you. you can see the diversity of our city. it is very diverse with over 50 ethnic groups, and how we can see the vibrant fabric of our communities, and i will take this opportunity again for thinking the whole of our members and elected officials bringing ideas together. we provide the perfect opportunity for the community to protect the communities, who won the betterment of the community. but we want to connect with everyone. that is why every year, and a crew of volunteers come together and think about the best way to promote awareness so that everybody knows, it is celebrated as asian-pacific heritage month. the mayor was very generous in thanking me, but it is not about me at all. it is a committee of vo

chester nimitz's screen formations to push the japanese back across the pacific. the bold plan to put nuclear power on ships and submarines and grace hopper's computer genius that anticipated a network fleet. the future is no different. and that's why we developed a new defense strategy. adapting to the budget requirements that we face, but more importantly to ensure that our military can meet the challenges of the 21st century. our military force for the future must be agile. it must be flexible. i want must be deployable. it must be technologically advanced. we'll emphasize asia pacific as well as the middle east. he'll strengthen alliances and partnerships around the world. we'll protect investments in new capabilities from cyber to unmanned systems to space to special operations forces. the navy and marine corps are fundamental to every element of that strategy. america is a maritime nation, and we are returning to our maritime roots. one of the key projects that your generation will have to face is sustaining and enhancing american strength across the great ma

they are firm in the pacific highlanders. 92, how i became involved with social movements in the chinese community with the chinese progressive association celebrating the fortieth

they are firm in the pacific highlanders. 92, how i became involved with social movements in the chinese community with the chinese progressive association celebrating the fortieth anniversary this year. it made me want to become more involved in the community, and i am so appreciated that this is a ceremony that brings together the diverse organizations and individuals. and the pride i feel not only of accomplishments, but the organizations out there everyday make this a better place for san francisco. thank you for your work and i am proud to be here with you. >> hello, friends and family. he was talking about the pan asian family. he spoke about not being a san franciscan, but serving san francisco. i was born and raised here. and extremely proud of that i went to school with some of your children or grandchildren, leases or nephews. the public school system as one of the most aversive systems here. it will probably give some of us, one of us are run for our money in a few years. but i don't want to show up david chiu or e

national security interests in the pacific command area of responsibility. as you know, this region is predominantly maritime. covers half the planet. it's home to three dozen nations. over 3.6 billion people. the world's largest economies. a significant part of our national economy. world's largest militaries. as well as some of the most important sea and air lines of communication. as the united states military executes our rebalance to the pacific, the convention is essential to locking in a stable, legal framework for the maritime domain that is favorable to our national interests and preserves our access to this critical region. and as a pacific power, united states must continue to lead the effort, maintain security in the region, which has defended freedom, enabled prosperity, protected peace there in that area for more than six decades. joining the convention will reinforce the united states' international leadership in the maritime domain. the convention specifically codifies the rights of freedoms and the uses of the sea that are critical for our fo

a basketball that floated across the pacific ocean. the ball was swept away by last year's march 11th tsunami. after months of being pounded by storms and scorched by the sun, it washed up on a beach in the state of alaska in march. two pilots from the u.s. cargo carrier fedex delivered the ball to the students. >> the basketball was found on an alaskan island by a high school student. the name of the school was written on it. everyone at the school survived the tsunami, but the building was destroyed. the students are now using an abandoned building at another junior high school. >> they considered putting the return ball on display at the school. >>> there's a storm developing in the pacific. rachel ferguson gives us the details and more in her world weather forecast. >> all right. yes, we have a storm in the pacific as you mentioned. it's a tropical storm and it is strengthening. since yesterday we've seen those wipds increase intensify. it's now moving west at 20 kilometers an hour and gusts up above 120 kilometers an hour. it looks

we are giving more of our attention to the asia pacific. second, more engagement is made possible by our forces in the region being more available. engagement is how we build trust and how we prevent misperceptions that can lead to conflict. so we will strengthen our tradition relationships and develop new partnerships by expanding both the scope and scale of our interactions throughout the region. for example, with multilateral exercises, rotational deployment, continued personnel exchanges and dialogue with our counterparts. third, more quality is an evolution in our priorities. what we decide to bring to the region matters as much, perhaps more, than how much we bring. this means that as the rerebalance evolves we will make our fifth generation aircraft and the very best of our missile defense technology as we work with our partners. even more important than hardware, though, we will bring to bear our human capitalism as i mentioned. in my discussions over the last week, i have had nothing but positive feedback on this approach. the leade

decision to increase its forces in the pacific? >> you know whenbama announced this new policy this january, i think many here were a bit skeptical about what the real intention would be. but i think by referring to specific number like 60% or something, i think the panetta had successfully reassured the friends in asia that the united states is serious about the rebalancing towards east asia. >> now china has been rather reserved with its respons to thisift. why is that? >> well, you know may not be the best comfortable place for china to start because the united states is very serious about it and probably the asean countries may wish to gang up against china because of the rise of military -- military rise of china in that part of the world. so probably together with the united states and maybe japan and korea could gang up against china. so they don't want to be seen as being scohed in singape. i think that's one of the reasons. the second reason could be a political -- domestic politics. they are -- no new military leaders in c

decision to increase its forces in the pacific? >> you know, when obama announced this new policy this january, i think many here were a bit skeptical about what the real intention would be. but i think by referring to specific number like 60% or something, i think panetta had successfully reassured the ally friends in asia that the united states is serious about the rebalancing towards east asia. >> now china has been rather reserved with its response to this shift. why is that? >> well, you know, it may not be the best, comfortable place for china this time, because the united states is very serious about it and probably asean countries may wish to gang up against china because of the military rise of china in that part of the world. so, probably together with the united states and maybe japan and korea could gang up against china. so they don't want to be seen as being scorched in singapore. i think that's one of the reasons. the second reason could be a political domestic politics. they don't -- they are -- no new military leade

decision to increase its forces in the pacific? >> you know, when obama announced this new policy, january, i think many here were skeptical about what the real intention would be. but i think by referring to specific number like 60% or something, i think leon panetta had successfully reassured the ally friends and asia that the united states is serious about the rebalancing toward east asia. >> now china has been rather reserved with its response to the shift. why is that? >> well, you know, it may not be the best comfortable place for china to start, because the united states is very serious about it and probably the asean countries may wish to gang up against china because of the military rise of china in that part of the world. so probably together with the united states and maybe japan and korea could gang up against china. so they don't want to be seen as being scorched in singapore. i think that's one of the reasons. the second reason could be a political, domestic politics. you know, thno new military leaders in china want t

how about the marines in the asia pacific region. reduction in marine corps strength reflecting the wind downs in iraq and afghanistan. no reduction in marine corps presence. none. in fact, they will be seeing more of the marines out in east asia. why is that? because the marines are going to be in afghanistan. they are going to be at their stations. we have a new presence in australia that we're building. marine presence in guam, going to make that move now so green corps increasing also. finally, we sustained or launched new capabilities specifically for the region. i mentioned the new bomber. the girt pay load. prompt strike and a host of upgrades in radars, electronic warfare. new munitions of various kinds and on and ond. all not only protected but enhance it going toward. i wanted to give you some of those particulars. i'll take one more. then that's it. the other one derived from the president who had a very good instinct in this regard. he kept saying to us make sure that you don't follow the last in first out rule. that you d

for their selfless contribution to winning the pivotal battle of the pacific, 70 years ago. ast guard is proud of its service in the war's pacific theater. much like it does today, in world war ii t smallest of our nation's armed forces almost fill certain specialized roles. in the pacific, that included operating landing craft, and conducting search and rescue missions. coast guard personnel fully cruised 350 naval ships and operated or augmented countless amphibious assault type craft. equally proud to serve along the navy and the marine corps we formed an especially close bond with the marines during world war ii's pacific fights. the coast guard's only medal of honor recipient, douglas monroe, was killed at the canal. he positioned his landing craft between enemy fire and evacuating marines, sacrificing his life to save 500 others. now, the coast guard did not play a significant role in the battle of midway, but one of our coast card cutters did contribute to the recovery of survivors following the battle. today, taney sits in baltimore harbor, the last ship afloat that s

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it looks like it will be nearly grazing the pacific side of japan. so winds are going to be packing up to about 108 kilometers per hour. that will be picking up the waves along the coastal areas of the pacific side and it will be impacting the isu islands, moving ever so closely towards it. it will be bringing those waves up to about 6 meters high in some locations, so please do stay away from the coastal areas. and just around the pacific side, things are going to be very wet as well. as you can see here in the isu islands, it could actually accumulate as much as 150 millimeters in the wake of the system, high pressure will be moving in and replacing the areas. clear skies will be -- but showery activity here. you can see from the clouds, i took a picture a while ago from this office actually in tokyo, and that's a beautiful purple sky, cumulus and strato cumulus clouds that means it will be a rainy day here in tokyo. temperaturewise, 21 degrees. manila, 32 degrees. you'll be impacted with ongoing showers due to the southwestern monsoonal flow enhanc

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last year, we celebrated a lot about the newness of asian- pacific leadership. or able to say we have our first appointed chinese-american mayor, our first ever chinese- american president of the board of supervisors, and our first ever pilipino president board of education. in our second year, we are really here. we need to reflect upon what leadership means for the city as asian-americans take up those positions. the education team this year. the theme this year is education. at the school district, asian american students are almost 50% of our education system. we have a lot of asian americans coming up through the pipeline waiting to take new positions of leadership. i am really excited that 40 years after we fought for ethnic studies, in 2009, sfusd joined in and we now have ethnic studies in public schools. students need to know how integrated the history is in building the city. there's a lot to celebrate and reflect upon. it causes us to think about the future of the community. we are such an integrated and central part of the city. it is an honor to be h

we are here to serve all of the community and asian american pacific people. in the middle of may, our museum will unveil a large sculpture in the city center. it will be a living grodno -- grotto in the form of the red lotus. come here to celebrate. concelebrate our city during the month of apa month. [applause] >> i am the executive director and president of the asia- pacific fund. we are a community foundation that supports the health and well-being of all asian- americans in the bay area. we're thrilled to be part of this celebration with our annual arts and essay contest. this year's theme was bridges in honor of the 75th anniversary of the golden gate bridge. after the ceremony this sunday, we will be sending a traveling exhibit that showcases of the winning entries to 50 different libraries throughout the bay area and giving access to over 1 million library visitors. i hope you will be able to experience the rich content of this voice. it is an important part of this year's celebration on sunday or one of the 50 libraries there will be traveling to in th