US Ambassador to Manila MaryKay Carlson stated that the defense and civilian relationship between the Philippines and the United States would remain "steadfast" regardless of whoever wins in the presidential race between former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. (MB Video by Joseph Pedrajas)
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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.
01:26you