and the u.s. air force. what this means in very practical detail is from mid-2012, australia will welcome deployments of a company-sized rotation of 200 to 250 marines in the northern territory for around six months at a time. over a number of years we intend to build on this relationship in a staged way, to a full force of around 2,500 personnel, that is a full marine air/ground task force. a second component of these initiatives which we have agreed is greater access by u.s. military aircraft to the royal australian air force facilities in our country s north. this will involve more frequent movements of u.s. military aircraft into and out of northern australia. now, taken together, these two initiatives make our alliance stronger, they strengthen our
good evening, everyone. tonight, as more accusers comes back, there s more news on the penn state scandal. protesters here in new york. like pictures from zuccotti park. the verdict came down as dark descended this evening. the tents were removed and protesters allowed to go back in to get their personal belongings. the new york state supreme court overturning an earlier ruling on this and we are going to have the latest on this breaking story and the implications from the park tonight. but first, we have developing news in washington. the co-chair of the super committee charged with cutting america s deficit said just moments ago, quote, we are in the hours to go. and the countdown is on. this is important and we are watching. the panel of 12 has got eight days, four hours and as you can see 58 minutes i and 11 seconds and counting to make a deal that cuts america s deficit. if there is no deal when this clock hits zero, our economy will be hurt. your interest rates may go
first visit to australia, in fact i first visited australia as a boy. i ve never forgotten the warmth and kindness people extended to me when i was 6 and 8, and i can see that the australian people have lost none of that warmth. i very much wanted to take this trip last year, and events back home prevented me from doing so. i was determined to come for a simple reason, the united states of america has no stronger ally than australia. we are bound by common values, the rights and the freedoms that we cherish. and for nearly a century, we ve stood together in defense of these freedoms. and i m very happy to be here as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of our alliance and as we work together to strengthen it for the future. we are two pacific nations, and with my visit to the region, i
affected on october 29th. but we both understand what s at stake. what happens when al qaeda has safe havens, we ve seen the awful loss of life from 9/11 to bali. so i thank the prime minister for australia s strong commitment to this mission. i salute the extraordinary sacrifices of our forces who serve together, including your australian troops, who have shown that no job is too tough for your diggers. today the prime minister and i reaffirmed the way forward, the transition has begun. afghans are stepping into the lead, as they do, our troops, american and australian will draw down responsibly together. so that we preserve the progress that we ve made. and by 2014, afghans will take full responsibility for security in their country. our focus today as the prime minister said was on preparing our alliance for the future. and so i am very pleased that we