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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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US and Japanese (R) Navy ships are pictured docked at a harbour during the inauguration of joint naval exercises with India in Chennai on July 10, 2017. (ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Visitors to the Mobile World Congress technology trade show can take a look at the new products at Qualcomm's booth. (Clara Margais/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump (R) walks with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a break in talks at the second US-North Korea summit in Hanoi on February 28, 2019. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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A PLA Navy fleet including the aircraft carrier Liaoning, submarines, vessels and fighter jets take part in a review in the South China Sea on April 12, 2018. (VCG via Getty Images)
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Benjamin Franklin container ship being loaded at the Xiamen Songyu Container Terminal at night in Xiamen, China, on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016.(Qilai Shen/Getty Images)
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The stand of Huawei featuring 5G technology is seen during the PT Expo China at Beijing National Convention Center on September 26, 2018 in Beijing, China. (VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
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U.S. secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, speaks at a news conference while U.S. President Donald Trump looks on following his second summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on February 28, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Tuan Mark/Getty Images)
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Indonesian President, Joko Widodo
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Alexander Aibel
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David Asher
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Alexander Benard
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William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
