The United States said Monday that it would defend the Philippines against potential threats under a decades-old ... seas freedom of navigation." In May, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and ... would double its investment into military bases across the Philippines designated under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement. Under this year ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ... on charges of crimes against humanity. The current political situation in the Philippines is deeply unstable. Hegseth announced that the Trump White ...

MANILA, Philippines — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday ... He said the U.S. military was being rebuilt under President Donald Trump and was reestablishing its “warrior ethos ...