00:00I will see.
00:02I will see you later.
00:05Do not see.
00:05I will see.
00:32Good afternoon, Mr. Secretary, and may I once again welcome you to the Malacanang Palace
00:41and to Manila.
00:42We know as your very, very busy schedule and all the important work that you are doing
00:47that you have found the time to visit with us, especially as, well, since the Philippines
00:56now holds the chair for ASEAN, and there really are a great many issues that have to be dealt
01:05with, and I'm glad that you have had this opportunity to at least engage and have some
01:13exchanges with the other foreign secretaries, with other foreign ministers, especially coming
01:19out of ASEAN.
01:19But I'm very glad, as I mentioned to you, we watched the news, and we are surprised that
01:26you are still able to find time to visit with us.
01:29We are.
01:30It's a great pleasure and an honor.
01:32Thank you very much for this visit.
01:35Well, thank you for welcoming me, first of all.
01:37I want to congratulate you on a great job in hosting this conference, which, in addition
01:41to being so critically important for the region, provides us the opportunity to interact with
01:45so many countries.
01:46It's also important to be here, I think, just three weeks into our new ambassador here,
01:50who I know is going to do a great job.
01:52And, Mr. President, thank you for welcoming us.
01:54And, obviously, in addition to visiting here for the conference we wanted to visit with
01:57you, you know how much the President holds you in high esteem.
02:00We had a very positive meeting last year in Washington.
02:04And then this is a country that has deep ties to the United States for many, many years.
02:08And it's a partnership that is only growing, and in light of recent events, I think more
02:13important than ever, and so we're glad to be with you here today and to reaffirm that relationship
02:18and our commitment to the U.S.-Philippines relationship.
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