U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens to a question by a reporter during a press conference with Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara after their meeting, where the two discussed the Japanese-American alliance, U.S. forces in Japan and the overall Asia-Pacific strategy while at the Kahala Resort and Hotel in Hawaii on Oct. 27. Hawaii was the first stop for Secretary Clinton as she will make trips to Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and China.