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Deputy Secretary of Wendy Sherman Sherman holds high-level consultations on the Indo-Pacific with EEAS Secretary General Stefano Sannino at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 3, 2021. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett/ Public Domain]

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