In the midst of the contentious healthcare debate raging on Capitol Hill, not to mention lingering decisions about the way forward in Afghanistan and the recent depressing news that the US domestic jobless rate passed the 10% mark, President Barack Obama will travel through Asia. Over the next seven days, he will conduct some much-needed face-to-face diplomacy in that part of the world.
He has his work cut out for him. The region is the fastest-growing economy in the world right ...