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Thank you to those SSJ members who contacted me about a few broken links in our Engaging Asia post. Below are some corrected links.

For those interested in watching video, listening to audio, or reading transcripts from the March 30 Engaging Asia conference, please visit this site:

Link: http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=117

There you can see a keynote address by USTR Ron Kirk about the United States' trade relationship with Asia, an update by Rear Admiral Scott Swift about Operation Tomodachi, and special remarks by Minister Akira Chiba from the Japanese Embassy.

And for those interested in our recent report, "The 112th Congress and Post-Crisis Asia," please visit:
http://www.nbr.org/publications/element.aspx?id=490

In the report, Edward Gresser and Daniel Twining detail the challenges and opportunities facing the 112th Congress in the Asia-Pacific. (Free download through May 13, 2011.)

With appreciation,

Tracy Timmons-Gray
The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) Seattle, Washington