It has led us to devote more resources and effort to building our partners’ capabilities and improving interoperability between the US military and forces in the region. We are also working to identify opportunities to deepen our cooperation in information security, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, and other high-tech frontiers – from cyberspace to outer space.
我重点关注第二根支柱：即升级、加强和新建美国在亚太地区的联盟和伙伴关系。2011年7月我就任国防部长后，为完成这项任务已经四次出访亚洲。我们为此投入更多资源精力用于合作伙伴的能力建设，提高美军和区域军队之间的综合协同能力。我们还努力寻找机会深化信息安全、情报、监视侦察及其他高科技前沿领域（从网络空间到外太空）的合作。