US defense chief seeks to reassure Asia-Pacific partners

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Other factors that may have contributed to the slight shift, in Vuving's opinion, are U.S. domestic politics and the "responses of regional states and non-state actors to the weakening of the current international order.
48% : U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has reconfirmed Washington's strong commitment to the Indo-Pacific, as well as to working with allies and partners in the face of growing rivalry with China.

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