US and Philippines strengthen ties amid China tensions and Marcos visit.
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President Joe Biden welcomed Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for White House talks, reiterating U.S. commitment to the Philippines’ security amid concerns about the Chinese navy’s harassment of Philippine vessels in the South China Sea. The U.S. and the Philippines last week completed their largest war drills ever, and the two countries’ air forces on Monday will hold their first joint fighter jet training in the Philippines since 1990. The Philippines this year agreed to give the U.S. access to four more bases on the islands as the U.S. looks to deter China’s increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and in the disputed South China Sea.
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