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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Dr. John Chipman, director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, speak before the secretary delivered remarks on U.S strategy in the Asia-Pacific region at the 16th Shangri-La Dialogue Asia security conference in Singapore, June 3, 2017. DoD photo by Jim Garamone

Shangri-La Dialogue

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and John Chipman, director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, speak before the secretary delivered remarks on U.S strategy in the Asia-Pacific region at the 16th Shangri-La Dialogue Asia security conference in Singapore, June 3, 2017. DoD photo by Jim Garamone

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