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May 3, 2023

U.S.-Philippines Agree to Modernize, Strengthen Alliance

WASHINGTON — The United States and the Philippines will continue the fundamental work needed to modernize and strengthen the alliance between the two nations, said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. today at the Pentagon.