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U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth drew much commentary at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual high-level gathering in Singapore focusing on Asia-Pacific defense issues, with a speech that seemed to shift the usual U.S. talking points on China. Hegseth was ...
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U.S. Signals Shift in Tone on China at Defense Gathering
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