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Australia’s alliance with the United States is on complete display screen as top-level talks and military workouts get under method — a presentation of power that might eclipse Canberra’s efforts at a nuanced diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific. Australian and United States forces on Saturday started 2 weeks of drills as part of “Exercise Talisman Sabre,” consisting of amphibious landings off Australia’s northeast coast.