https://sg.news.yahoo.com/us-ambassador-to-singapore-asia-will-remain-014958714.html
Given that Obama is in the final year of his presidency, Yahoo Singapore asked Wagar what the outgoing president’s strongest legacy in the region is. His response, “The legacy is putting Asia on the American map.”
Oftentimes, said Wagar, to American businessmen and academics, ‘Asia’ has meant ‘China’. But Obama has paid special attention to the region, such as signing on to the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation. And of the 47 overseas trips he has made as president, 24 of them have been to Asian countries.
“He’s put this region on the map in our eyes. Now that might be an indictment to the fact that people should have been paying attention, but I can tell you they are now,” he noted
And Singapore, he declared, is the “perfect platform” to engage the region together, given its commitment to good governance, rule of law and meritocracy.
Given that Obama is in the final year of his presidency, Yahoo Singapore asked Wagar what the outgoing president’s strongest legacy in the region is. His response, “The legacy is putting Asia on the American map.”
Oftentimes, said Wagar, to American businessmen and academics, ‘Asia’ has meant ‘China’. But Obama has paid special attention to the region, such as signing on to the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation. And of the 47 overseas trips he has made as president, 24 of them have been to Asian countries.
“He’s put this region on the map in our eyes. Now that might be an indictment to the fact that people should have been paying attention, but I can tell you they are now,” he noted
And Singapore, he declared, is the “perfect platform” to engage the region together, given its commitment to good governance, rule of law and meritocracy.
