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| United States Senator Chris Coons. (Joyce Ann Rocamora) |
A UNITED States senator on Friday said he wants a “significant” portion of the new USD2 billion Indo-Pacific foreign military financing (FMF) to be given to the Philippines, labeling the country as the "second core priority” next to Taiwan in the supplemental aid package approved last month.
Senator Christopher Coons, a member of the Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committees, shared the development, following a trip to Taiwan






