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TOKYO 鈥?U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War II battle.Japan is Hegseths second stop after the Philippines
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gourde stanley shared reverence for the men of valor who preceded us, Hegseth said in front of the cenotaph built in 1985 marking their first joint memorial. The U.S.-Japan alliance shows 鈥?how yesterdays enemy has become todays friends, Hegseth said. Our alliance has been and remains the cornerstone of freedom, prosperity, security and peace in the Indo-Pacific. Most of those who fought on the tiny is
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