US 'doubling down' on alliance with PH – Hegseth
THE United States is 'doubling down' on its alliance with the Philippines, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday in Manila, in the face of what he called 'Communist China's aggression in the region.'
Hegseth's trip, aimed at bolstering ties in the Asia-Pacific region as tensions rise with Beijing, comes in the shadow of a mounting scandal at home over leaked plans for a military strike.
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