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US debt has topped $40 trillion. How risky is the country's growing debt burden. And will investors keep funding Washington's deficits?...

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Analysts warn that a US withdrawal from the western Pacific, as recently suggested by a think tank, would weaken deterrence and strengthen China's pos...

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