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By MARCUS WEISGERBER
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will begin a weeklong visit to the Asia-Pacific next week, his first visit to the region since the Pentagon announced an increased focus on that area earlier this year.
Panetta will attend high-level meetings with leaders from key U.S. partners and deliver a speech at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore, a forum for discussing regional defense issues and equipment modernization.
He is scheduled to meet with leaders from Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Australia and a number of other nations, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said at a May 22 briefing.
Asian leaders are scheduled to discuss issues such as disputes in the South China Sea, submarines, cyberwarfare, unmanned aircraft and emerging threats, according to a draft agenda posted on the summit’s website.
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