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Title:
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The Philippines at Forefront of New Pentagon Maritime Security Initiative
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Author:
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Megan Eckstein
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Source:
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USNI News
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Date:
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April 18, 2016
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Description:
- The Pentagon recently began funding maritime security projects with countries in the South China Sea aimed at giving them the capability to monitor activities in their territorial waters and air space amidst concerns of regional Chinese expansion. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the department recently released funding under the Maritime Security Initiative, which totals $425 million total over five years. Nearly 85 percent of this year’s funding, about $42 million of $50 million total, will go to the Philippines, where Carter was last week in announcing several steps being taken to bring the two nations closer together.
