'Indo-Pacific czar' Kurt Campbell calls for spreading out US forces

Biden's new coordinator seeks to shore up Asian order

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Then-U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell listens to a media question during a joint news conference after his meeting with Philippine foreign affairs and defense officials at a Manila hotel in 2012. © Reuters

SHIN NAKAYAMA and KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/NEW YORK -- When Kurt Campbell served as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs under then-President Barack Obama, the Japanese press corps in Washington would gather at Dulles International Airport every time the diplomat would depart on or return from his many trips to Asia.

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