Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta opens the plenary session of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore with remarks on how the Department of Defense will implement a new strategy in Asia on June 2, 2012. Panetta will also hold a series of bilateral and trilateral meetings with Asian allies during the Shangri-La Dialogue. The conference is part of Panetta's ten-day trip to the Asia-Pacific to meet with defense counterparts.