Increasing the US military presence in the Philippines will be a topic of discussion between US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., which is likely to anger China.
United States Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III plans to push forward the Western strategy of maintaining a “free and open” Indo-Pacific region while he is in the Philippines.
United States Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III arrives in Manila on Jan