Vietnam President, Truong Tan Sang and First Lady Madam Mai Thi Hanh meets with various special greeters during their arrival to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Nov. 10. APEC is the premier economic forum in the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 1989 and comprising 21 member economies from around the Pacific Rim, including the U.S., APEC fosters growth and prosperity by facilitating economic cooperation and expanding trade and investment throughout the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn)

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Vietnam President, Truong Tan Sang’s delegates board private charted buses, shortly after their arrive to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Nov. 10. APEC is the premier economic forum in the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 1989 and comprising 21 member economies from around the Pacific Rim, including the U.S., APEC fosters growth and prosperity by facilitating economic cooperation and expanding trade and investment throughout the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn/released)

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Maj. Gen. Jon R. Shasteen, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Pacific Air Forces, greets Vietnam President, Truong Tan Sang during his arrival to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Nov. 10. APEC is the premier economic forum in the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 1989 and comprising 21 member economies from around the Pacific Rim, including the U.S., APEC fosters growth and prosperity by facilitating economic cooperation and expanding trade and investment throughout the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn/released)

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Maj. Gen. Jon R. Shasteen, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Pacific Air Forces, greets Vietnam President, Truong Tan Sang during his arrival at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Nov. 10. APEC is the premier economic forum in the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 1989 and comprising 21 member economies from around the Pacific Rim, including the U.S., APEC fosters growth and prosperity by facilitating economic cooperation and expanding trade and investment throughout the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn/released)

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Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie and Adm. Robert F. Willard, commander, U.S. Pacific Command, greet President Barack Obama and First Lady Michell Obama during their arrival at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Nov. 10. APEC is the premier economic forum in the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 1989 and comprising 21 member economies from around the Pacific Rim, including the U.S., APEC fosters growth and prosperity by facilitating economic cooperation and expanding trade and investment throughout the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lauren Main)

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Airman 1st Class Jesse Ogden, crew chief with the 15th Maintenance Squadron, places chalks on Air Force One upon President Barack Obama and First Lady Michell Obama's arrival at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Nov. 10. APEC is the premier economic forum in the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 1989 and comprising 21 member economies from around the Pacific Rim, including the U.S., APEC fosters growth and prosperity by facilitating economic cooperation and expanding trade and investment throughout the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lauren Main)

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Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie speaks to local media upon President Barack Obama and First Lady Michell Obama's arrival at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Nov. 10. APEC is the premier economic forum in the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 1989 and comprising 21 member economies from around the Pacific Rim, including the U.S., APEC fosters growth and prosperity by facilitating economic cooperation and expanding trade and investment throughout the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lauren Main)

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Brig. Gen. Scott West, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces Deputy Director of Operations, Plans, Requirements and Programs, welcomes the President of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III, to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Nov. 11. APEC fosters growth and prosperity by facilitating economic cooperation and expanding trade and investment throughout the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Alysia Harvey)

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Gladys Boluda, U.S. State Department Assistant Chief of Protocol, greets Chile's President Sebastian Pinera upon his arrival at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Nov. 11. APEC economies account for 54 percent of global gross domestic product, 44 percent of world trade, and 61 percent of U.S. goods exports. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Alysia Harvey)

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Brig. Gen. Scott West, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces Deputy Director of Operations, Plans, Requirements and Programs, welcomes Chile's President Sebastian Pinera to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Nov. 11. In 1993, President Bill Clinton invited fellow APEC Leaders to meet on Blake Island near Seattle, elevating APEC from ministerial to head-of-government level for the first time. Leaders of 21 economies from around the Pacific Rim attended APEC 2011 in Honolulu, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Alysia Harvey)

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Brig. Gen. Mark McLeod, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces Director of Logistics, welcomes Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, as Gladys Boluda, U.S. State Department Assistant Chief of Protocol, greets the prime minister’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Nov. 11. Hosting responsibilities have rotated among APEC economies over the succeeding 18 years, with Japan welcoming President Obama and other APEC Leaders to Yokohama in November 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Alysia Harvey)

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his delegation are welcomed by Maj. Gen. Jon Shasteen, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Pacific Air Forces, to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Nov. 11. As host of APEC 2011, the United States aims to create opportunities for prosperity and job creation by expanding trade and investment, cultivating small and medium-sized businesses, and fostering an environment that allows innovation to flourish. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Alysia Harvey)

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Maj. Gen. Jon Shasteen, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Pacific Air Forces, greets the leader of Brunei, Sultan Sir Bolkiah Hassanal, during his arrival to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Nov. 11. President Obama chose his birthplace of Honolulu as the site for APEC 2011 to highlight America's position as a Pacific nation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Alysia Harvey)

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Published Nov. 12, 2011