Joe Biden says US ‘considering’ dropping pursuit of Julian Assange | ABC News

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Joe Biden has indicated the United States could abandon its pursuit of Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is fighting America’s bid to extradite him to face serious espionage charges.

It comes as the two countries further tighten their military alliance, with Mr Biden announcing the US and Australia will develop an integrated missile defence system with Japan.

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