Alphonse F. La Porta, President of the Malaysia-America Foundation, explains that "A presidential visit to Malaysia is long overdue, and conditions could not be more favorable for enlarging the bilateral relationship--and through it US relations with the ASEAN region--in a mutually respectful way."

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