Leaders from all over Asia gather in Singapore this weekend to discuss defense and security.
The U.S. Secretary of Defense explains his plans for trying to keep peace in the Pacific.
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And I'm Scott Simon, and this is Up First from NPR News.
The Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore reveals a lot of different opinions over which superpower,
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and another judge orders Donald Trump's name off the Kennedy Center.
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