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U.S. Defense Secretary Addresses Multinational Anti-Cartel Forum in Panama
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke Wednesday at the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition Forum in Panama, a U.S.-led effort to coordinate regional security responses to transnational drug trafficking organizations.
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