Obama will chair the Australian Parliament group in the last several days . The president will take part in the ASEAN economic summit . While speaking to the troops there , Obama thanked them for their service and praised the two nations ' alliance , which is now 60 years old , and said he looks forward to a deepening of the alliance . The U.S. will expand its role in shaping the Gulf of Mexico , U.S. says .
Obama will chair the Australian Parliament group in the last several days . The president will take part in the ASEAN economic summit . The U.S. will expand its role in shaping the Gulf of Mexico , U.S. says .