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Focus on Indo-Pacific

The Defense Department is committed to working with allies, partners and like-minded nations in the Indo-Pacific and to upholding a free and open region founded on respect for international rules, laws and norms.

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Australia-U.K.-U.S. Security Partnership

The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom laid out an ambitious vision that will strengthen combined military capabilities, boost defense industrial capacity, enhance ability to deter aggression and promote the shared goal of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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Australia-U.K.-U.S. Security Partnership

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