High-ranking officials under the Trump administration have touted progress in the AUKUS project as Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong met their counterparts in Washington to discuss the nuclear-powered submarine and rare earth minerals deals.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says AUKUS is going ‘full steam ahead’, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says a recent review of the agreement was intended to strengthen it.
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