Thu Nov 12, 5:40 PM ET

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he steps off Air Force One at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, November 12, 2009. Obama is en route to Tokyo to begin his first trip to Asia as president. Obama said on Thursday he planned to discuss a strategy with Asia Pacific leaders calling on their countries to import more U.S. goods and the world to rely less on exporting to the United States. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES MILITARY TRANSPORT POLITICS)

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