Bolden's Asia Trip: Off The Radar

Obama’s Asia team caught off guard, partying when rocket launched, Foreign Policy
“The Obama administration’s Asia team was caught so off guard by North Korea’s Dec. 11 rocket launch, several of them actually had to put down their drinks and suddenly leave a holiday party being held in honor of the Japanese emperor’s birthday.”
Vietnam, US boost space technology cooperation, Vietnamnet.com
“At an exchange with senior high school students in Hanoi on December 11, Charles Bolden, Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the US, attributed his success to hard work, study and not being afraid of failure.”
Keith’s note: Bolden is also slated to visit Japan. Nothing has been posted by NASA about this trip. Now that North Korea’s satellite has been launched, Bolden’s activities in Japan have fallen completely off the radar.