00:00To that bipartisan support, in our democratic system, as is the case here, it's the Congress
00:08that holds the purse strings in terms of financing all of our operations overseas, whether they're
00:15civilian or military. And when you look at the foreign military financing and the support for
00:21the U.S.-Philippine military relationship, it is as many Republicans as Democrats who are
00:27enthusiastically supporting the U.S.-Philippine alliance. And that goes across the board,
00:32not just when it comes to our mil-mil relationship, but also we are very strong
00:39partners in prosperity. We see many U.S. organizations. We look at the Luzon Corridor,
00:44the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, the Foreign Commercial Service, our Commercial Service,
00:51the Presidential Trading Investment Mission, led by Secretary Gino Raimondo, who's out here.
00:56Those companies, those American companies, they're Democrats and they're Republicans. They vote all
01:02ways and they're enthusiastic about the U.S.-Philippine relationship as partners in
01:06prosperity as well. So I'm highly confident that whoever wins the presidential election,
01:13U.S.-Philippine relations are on very strong footing.
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