U.S. SECURITY POLICY IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC: HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIA AND THE PACIFIC OF THE COMMITTEE ON ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS JUNE 26, 2003 Serial No. 108-52 Printed for the use of the Committee on International Relations Stanford Law Library JAN 3 0 2004 GPO Depository Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.house.gov/international_relations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 88-OOOPDF WASHINGTON : 2003 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office JAMES A. LEACH, Iowa Vice Chairman TOM LANTOS, California DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey CONTENTS Page The Honorable Peter Rodman, Assistant Secretary, International Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense 5 Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command 11 Christopher LaFleur, Special Envoy for Northeast Asia Security Consulta- tions, Bureau for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State . 36 LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE HEARING The Honorable James A. Leach, a Representative in Congress from the State of Iowa, and Chairman, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific: Prepared The Honorable Peter Rodman: Prepared statement 7 Admiral Thomas B. Fargo: Prepared statement 13 Christopher LaFleur: Prepared statement 37 The Honorable Madeleine Z. Bordallo: Prepared statement 57 Questions for the Record Submitted to Admiral Thomas B. Fargo by the Honorable James A. Leach, and Admiral Fargo's Responses 57 Questions for the Record Submitted to the Honorable Peter Rodman by the |