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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, center, shakes hands with Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, left, as Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne smiles while posing for a photograph before a trilateral meeting at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, on Saturday, June 3, 2017 in Singapore. North Korea is accelerating its push to acquire a nuclear-armed missile capable of threatening the United States and other nations, and the U.S. regards this as a &quot;clear and present danger,&quot; Mattis said in his speech at the forum. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

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