U.S. Vice President Al Gore, in a flight jacket in front of the stars and stripes, speaks to U.S. troops and family members at Yokota Air Base in Fussa, west of Tokyo March 24 as he wraps up his two-day visit to Japan. The U.S. troops are a stabilising force in a region of the world that has become vitally important to the United States, Gore said.

JAPAN GORE