Pentagon conducting ‘brass-tack’ review of AUKUS, nominee says
Maria Simulescu
A Pentagon review of the AUKUS pact between the U.S., Australia and the U.K. is a "brass-tack” evaluation of its affordability and whether the agreement fits with President Donald Trump’s foreign-policy priorities, a Defense Department nominee has said. The comments from John Noh, Trump’s pick for assistant secretary for Indo-Pacific security affairs, mark a rare moment that the administration has acknowledged or offered even a little insight into the review of the agreement, which was signed
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