ASEAN in Laos

Here's what's going on.

Burma Out for next ASEAN chair

No Shows Secretary Rice's decision is not news, but China, India and Japan were all very recent.

China

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MIAs ... There is a repatriation ceremony for remains found just this month at a different site as well. It's on Monday, after the ASEAN Summit. It will be my first repat ceremony. I think it will be very interesting.

I've got some downtime right now, as the delegation is otherwise engaged at the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), and my responsibilities do not extend to the meeting site.

The delegation leaves tomorrow evening, and our friend Michael, who is posted in Jakarta (and who we visited over Memorial Day) is here TDY to help out and will be here through the weekend, so we'll get to spend some time hanging out and decompressing on the golf course on Saturday.