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US defense secretary hosts Australian counterpart

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles to the Pentagon on Friday .

Australia made its first $500 million payment to the United States under the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal involving Washington , Canberra and London .

Marles said the “strength of American leadership” in the Indo-Pacific region is “critically important” to Australia .

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