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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio talks to reporters ahead of a Quad foreign ministers meeting on July 1 in Washington, as India's S. Jaishankar, Australia's Penny Wong and Japan's Takeshi Iwaya watch. (State Department photo) 

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WASHINGTON -- For the second time since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House, the Quad foreign ministers of the U.S., Japan, India and Australia met in Washington on Tuesday, vowing to explore ways to deepen cooperation among the Indo-Pacific partners.

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