US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has arrived in the Philippines where he will meet with the country's president Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
They are expected to discuss expanding US access to the country's military bases, which would help Washington counter Chinese influence in the region.
They are expected to discuss expanding US access to the country's military bases, which would help Washington counter Chinese influence in the region.
The two countries have been working on the defense agreement for almost a decade but have made little progress so far, as FSN's Nick Harper reports from Washington
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