Hagel delivers warning to China
By LOLITA C. BALDORBy LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press?
?U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel listens to the opening address at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS Asia Security Summit in Singapore, Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel listens to the opening address at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS Asia Security Summit in Singapore, Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, speaks with Canada's National Defense Minister Peter Gordon MacKay, second right, as Japan's Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, left, and Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith, second left, listen at the opening session of the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS Asia Security Summit on Friday, May 31, 2013 in Singapore. The meetings will be held from May 31 to June 2. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, left, attend the opening of the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS Asia Security Summit in Singapore, Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, listens to a keynote address while Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong snaps a photograph with his smartphone at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS Asia Security Summit on Friday, May 31, 2013 in Singapore. The meetings will be held from May 31 to June 2. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attend the opening session of the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS Asia Security Summit on Friday, May 31, 2013 in Singapore. The meetings will be held from May 31 to June 2. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
SINGAPORE (AP) ? Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is delivering a two-pronged message to China ? holding out hope for a slowly improving military relationship while issuing a stern warning on cyberattacks.
Speaking at a security conference in Singapore, Hagel also is assuring Asian nations that despite sharp budget cuts, the Pentagon will continue to shift its military troops, ships and aircraft to the Pacific region.
He says the U.S. has expressed concerns about the growing cyberthreat, some of which appears to be tied to the Chinese government and military. He is not the first U.S. official to publicly blame China for computer-based attacks that steal U.S. government and industry secrets, but he delivered the rebuke in China's backyard, with members of Beijing's government in the audience.
Associated Press
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