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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the Twenty-second IISS Shangri-La Dialogue on May 31, 2025, in Singapore. (Yong Teck Lim via Getty Images
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Alexander Aibel
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Alexander Benard
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Patrick M. Cronin
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Bill Drexel
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