Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro holds a press briefing in Malacañang on Thursday, June 8, 2023, a day after he assumed his post. Teodoro said, among other things, his marching order from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., was to 'improve the country's defense capabilities, to look for a proper fit wherever, whatever serves our needs and whatever will jibe with our national security, territorial integrity and interoperability."

VIDEO BY CATHERINE S. VALENTE

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