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Relocation CP 1NC (2/3)And, Guam is not a viable option for relocation Potter 1/13/10 Matthew, (served in the U.S. Navy, worked as a defense contractor in Washington D.C. specializing in program management and budget development and execution, worked for several companies, large and small, involved in all aspects of government contracting and procuremen, holds two degrees in history as well as studying at the Defense Acquisition University, written for Seeking Alpha and at his own website, DefenseProcurementNews.com.) U.S Military's Move From Japan To Guam Underway http://industry.bnet.com/government/10004825/us-militarys-move-from-japan-to-guam-underway/ The United States has based troops on Okinawa and in Japan since the end of World War II. The 3rd U.S. Marine Division and large amounts of air assets are based on the island seized in a bloody battle in April through June of 1945. The U.S. and Japanese governments have been negotiating for years to close the air base at Futenma and moving most of the troops off of the island. A new airbase will be built on Okinawa in a less built up area. In 2006 it was decided that the U.S. Territory of Guam would be the site chosen. Japan has long desired the removal of U.S. troops and proper integration of the island back into it. This is one of the largest changes to the U.S. military’s facilities and basing as part of the last round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). Guam is already providing heavy support to U.S. operations in Afghanistan and Iraq by supporting fixed wing Air Force assets as well as transport flights. The plan is to expand the base to allow the 3rd Marines to be stationed their as well as increased support assets including a pier for aircraft carriers. Along with Marine and Navy assets an Army air defense organization will also be moved. All this will require new bases and facilities paid for by both the U.S. and Japanese governments. The building boom will be a big plus to the island’s economy although there are many in the Territory who are worried about the massive influx of new U.S. forces and their dependents. The new more liberal Government of Japan is also having second thoughts wanting further negotiations despite the U.S. holding firm on their commitment to the 2006 deal. They want perhaps a complete move of the air assets without building a new base. Many in Okinawa and Guam see massive environmental disruption and damage from the construction and moves no matter what the boon to the economy of the territory will be. The U.S. Navy announced this week despite the controversies that the first construction contracts using Japanese money were to be awarded. The $50 million contract with AHL Setiadi Gushiken Joint Venture LLC of Honolulu is for engineering support and architecture services that will begin the process of laying out and building the new facilities. Two actual projects were also executed with the Japanese funding to build a headquarters and fire station. The total amount expected to be contributed by Japan is over $6 billion with almost $3 billion in cash. There have been other arguments about the size of the population growth, lack of infrastructure and how the contracts will be divided up. Many of the companies will be from off island and utilize non-U.S. workers. There have also been disputes about the wages involved and whether they will be U.S. minimum, lower or union level. Obviously the higher the wages the greater the cost to the U.S. military but at the same time the workers must be treated fairly. This is one of the largest facility expansion in modern U.S. history. Only the construction of the permanent facilities in Iraq, Vietnam and Afghanistan in the last forty years come close. A total of almost 20,000 new residents will eventually be transferred to the island over several years. As Guam builds up Okinawa will wind down with a negative effect on that islands’ economy. This is a difficult process that politics only makes harder but to answer the wishes of Japan Guam will receive the good and bad of having a large U.S. military base built on it. Relocation CP 1NC (3/3)And, relocation possible – recent talks prove BBC 5/28/10 BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific – Political Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo, Japan, US leaders discuss base relocation, South Korean ship sinking on phone, lexus, http://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9640017840&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9640017843&cisb=22_T9640017842&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=10962&docNo=10 Tokyo, May 28 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and US President Barack Obama agreed Friday to deepen the two countries' long-standing alliance and welcomed a fresh bilateral accord on the relocation of a key US Marine Corps base in Okinawa Prefecture, the Japanese government's top spokesman said. Hatoyama and Obama also discussed by phone how to respond to the sinking of a South Korean warship in March by North Korea and Iran's nuclear ambitions, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano said at a news conference. The White House said in a statement that the two leaders "expressed satisfaction with the progress made by the two sides in reaching an operationally viable and politically sustainable plan to relocate" the US Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station. Hatoyama said after speaking with Obama for about 20 minutes that the president expressed his "gratitude that an agreement was made in the two-plus-two," referring to a bilateral committee for discussing security matters among defence and foreign ministers of the two countries. Hatoyama was speaking to reporters shortly before Japan and the United States released a joint statement on the accord stating that the US air base will be moved to the Henoko area in the same prefecture, basically in line with an existing accord struck in 2006. Hatoyama told Obama that the two countries need to make further efforts to reduce the burden on Okinawa of hosting the bulk of US military forces in Japan under a bilateral security accord, according to Japan's Foreign Ministry. Hatoyama said reducing the local burden is important for meeting the goal of further development of the bilateral alliance, which marks its 50th anniversary this year, the ministry said. State Department spokesman Michael Tran told Kyodo News that the joint statement is "a significant step" to achieve US objectives of relocating the base and transferring about 8,000 Marines and their families to Guam. "Our alliance has been and continues to be the cornerstone of our policy in Asia," Tran said, seeing it as providing "the stable and secure environment that has enabled economic growth in the region." On the March 26 sinking of the Cheonan corvette that killed 46 sailors, Hatoyama and Obama condemned North Korea, saying that it was "an unpardonable act" and pledged to work closely with South Korea, Hirano said, adding that the leaders expressed their support for the UN Security Council to take appropriate measures against Pyongyang. The White House said the leaders agreed to urge the North to end "its provocative behaviour towards its neighbours and to abide by its commitment to eliminate its nuclear-weapons programme." Hatoyama and Obama also agreed to continue to have close coordination bilaterally and in the Security Council to address Iran's nuclear activities, the two governments said. 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