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Trump backs AUKUS as Australia tips $800m into US coffers

Donald Trump backs the $368 billion US-Australia submarine deal and is committed to ensuring off-the-shelf boats are delivered on time, his top defence official says.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth hosted Defence Minister Richard Marles in Washington on Saturday in his first meeting with a foreign counterpart since being appointed on January 29.

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