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Hegseth pitches US-Asean defence framework but will it be a hard sell?
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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday proposed a new US-Asean defence framework to guide cooperation over what he called “critically important years” ahead, but offered few details on what it would entail. The proposal faces questions over whether members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will embrace a…
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Hegseth pitches US-Asean defence framework but will it be a hard sell?
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