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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is under fire after a magazine editor was added to a group chat where top Trump administration officials were discussing military plans.
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“Japan is our indispensable partner in deterring communist Chinese military aggression,” Mr Hegseth said at the beginning of his talks with Japan’s defence minister Gen Nakatani in Tokyo.
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