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      "id": 319138,
      "date": "2004-01-07",
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      "title": "Australia, the Southwest Pacific, and United States Interests",
      "summary": "The major U.S. interests in the Southwest Pacific are preventing the rise of terrorist threats,\nworking\nwith and maintaining the region's U.S. territories, commonwealths, and military bases (American\nSamoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Reagan Missile Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll\nin the Marshall Islands), and enhancing U.S.-Australian cooperation in pursuing mutual political,\neconomic, and strategic objectives in the area. The United States and Australia share common\ninterests in countering transnational crime and preventing the infiltration of terrorist organizations\nin the Southwest Pacific, hedging against the growing influence of China, and promoting political\nstability and economic development. The United States has supported Australia's increasingly\nproactive stance and troop deployment in Pacific Island nations torn by political and civil strife such\nas East Timor, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. Australia may play a greater strategic\nrole in the region as the United States seeks to redeploy its Asia-Pacific force structure. This report\nwill be updated as needed.",
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  "topics": [
    "Asian Affairs",
    "Foreign Affairs",
    "Intelligence and National Security"
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