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Pete Hegseth once scared America’s allies. Now he reassures them
Pete Hegseth, a former army major and now America’s defence secretary, celebrates soldiers “with dust on their boots”. But ...
Hegseth reassures allies that US will support them against Chinese aggression
Pete Hegseth reaffirmed in a speech in Singapore that the U.S. does not seek conflict with China, but to deter China the U.S.
US calls for Asia allies to boost defenses in face of China’s ‘imminent’ threat, Hegseth tells top defense forum
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday delivered a dire warning to the Asia-Pacific region and the world: China’s ...
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Hegseth calls on Asian allies to boost defense spending to 5% of GDP
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned that “the threat China poses is real,” urging American allies in Asia to boost their defense spending, setting a provisional guideline of around 5% of each ...
US tells Britain it must spend 5pc on defence
The US has told the United Kingdom it must spend 5 per cent of its GDP on defence. Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of defence, ...
Hegseth recipe for peace includes ‘strategic’ foreign projection of strength
Pete Hegseth said the Department of Defense's goal is to have "strategic locations from which to project power and defend ...
Hegseth, at Security Forum, Vows to Strengthen America’s Asian Alliances
In a world rattled by President Trump’s tariffs and his scorn for Western allies, the defense secretary struck a rare note of ...
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Trump Administration Says America Would Go to War if China Invaded Taiwan
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Saturday, declared a significant shift in American ...