Japanese Senior Vice Minister of Defense Watanabe Shu, Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Australian Minister of Defense Stephen Smith pose for photographers at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore 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.