| Amb. Harry Thomas Jr. AFP PHOTO |
United States Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. on Sunday said that the US government has no plans of putting up military bases here even amid President Barack Obama administration’s Pacific Rim policy, which refocuses US engagement in the Asia Pacific region. At the sidelines of the annual commemoration of Veterans’ Day at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Taguig City, Thomas said that the US and the Philippine governments have made no plans to revive the US military bases even though there have been a significant number of exercises done in the past. He said that the US military will continue giving extensive trainings to Philippine military personnel. “No, we don’t want bases [in the Philippines]. We never asked for [the return of the] bases,” Thomas said. “We do a lot of training with the Philippine [military], especially in terms of humanitarian assistance, which is our number one priority,” he added....
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