US not disengaging from Asia, seeks 'partners, not protectorates', says Pentagon official
Seeking to counter concerns about Washington's reliability, the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy reiterated the US' interest in the region as he called for greater burden-sharing and "partnership, not dependency".
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