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Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero (left) exchanges greetings with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth
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Hegseth commits US to defence of Pacific territories against China

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Pride Marianas founder Roberto Santos
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After Mawar, post-typhoon restoration process begins in Guam

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Omicron in the Pacific
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