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Kathleen T. Rhem

Disaster Could Mean Closer U.S.-Indonesia Military Ties

Kathleen T. Rhem | American Forces Press Service | January 18, 2005

"In October 2004, Indonesia held its second democratic elections after four decades of authoritarian government. The president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonoa, is a retired general who had attended the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College. Wolfowitz said this is a positive sign because Yudhoyono understands the role of the military in a democracy. / Recent reforms in the country's military and close cooperation since the Dec. 26 tsunami could lead to building military-to-military ties with the United States –- or, as Wolfowitz put it, 'Defense Department to Defense Department.'" [more]

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