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The United States and its allies won't allow China to dominate the Indo-Pacific region, but do not seek war, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday morning in Singapore.
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Korea JoongAng Daily on MSNKorea almost absent in Hegseth's speech at Shangri-La DialogueU.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth's Shangri-La Dialogue speech largely overlooked South Korea amid leadership changes, raising concerns about the bilateral alliance's future.
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Global News - Inquirer.net on MSNChina says US ‘should not play with fire’ on Taiwan, slams HegsethBEIJING – China on June 1 warned the United States it “should not play with fire” over Taiwan and said it had lodged “representations” with Washington over comments made by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth at a summit in Singapore.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described Israel, Poland, and the Gulf and Baltic states as “model allies” of the United States, a remark sure to raise eyebrows over others who may consider themselves close allies.
SINGAPORE: The United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Friday (May 30), ahead of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's top defence forum. The two reaffirmed the "excellent and longstanding bilateral defence relation" between the two countries, according to a Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) news release.
China has denounced U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality.
In celebration of Memorial Day, the Pentagon released a new ad at the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, which propagated efforts to rid the military of the “woke” mindset. The video was narrated by old clips of speeches delivered by Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.