Philippines' defence minister says military can manage without U.S. aid

The Philippine military can manage without U.S. aid, the defence minister said on Friday, after President Rodrigo Duterte said the United States and the European Union should withdraw their assistance if they were unhappy with his


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"I think we can live without (that) aid. Our Congress is actually giving us money now for the procurement of equipment. I believe they will give us more if we don't have a source of other funds," Defence Minister Delfin Lorenzana told a foreign correspondents' forum.