Hegseth to visit the Philippines for talks that will include South China Sea concerns, envoy says
A Philippine official says U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his first trip to the Indo-Pacific next week, for talks that will include increasing deterrence against aggression in the disputed S...
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