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Here are bits of related, albeit diametrically opposite news.

Local dailies reported that Philippine Undersecretary for Defense Affairs Honorio Azcueta said, after meeting with US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen.

Martin Dempsey, that the US could use their former naval and air facilities in Subic, Zambales and in Clark Field in Pampanga, provided it has been coordinated with the Philippine government.

Azcueta was also quoted as saying that “a shift of US security interest towards the Asia-Pacific region is expected to increase military to military engagements between the two long-time allied states.” This would translate into more US troops being stationed in the country on a semi-permanent basis or an increase in the 1,000 US troops reportedly rotating in the country.

So 21 years after the Philippine Senate, under pressure from the Filipino people, rejected the extension of the US military bases in the country – despite the aggressive ca