WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following transcript: * * * Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Hosts AUKUS Defense Ministers' Meeting * SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH: Well, good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the Pentagon. Richard, John, thank you so much. I can't count how many meetings we've had at this point. And I say that only out of goodness because the strength of our alliances, our bilateral relationships, trilateral relationships are as strong as they've ev  more