The Military Is Faithful To The Constitution.

While There's Been Much Progress On Terrorism, There's Still Much Work To Do And It Is Very Important That The Countries Work Together In Order To Address This Threat Together.

In 1995, We Had Evidence Of The Brother-in-law Of Osama Bin Laden Being In The Philippines, Living In The Philippines. We Had Evidence Of Front Organizations Set Up In The Philippines. And We Uncovered Evidence About, Which Would Help The U.s. With - About The Perpetuators Of The World Trade Center Bombing.

On The Economy, The U.s. Cumulatively Is Our Most Important Investor, Most Important Trading Partner, Most Important Sort Of Tourists, And We Have Now A Tie That Will... A Link That Will Be Here For Many, Many Years To Come, And That Is The Big Philippine-american Community In The United States - Three Million Of Them.

In A Global Arena, What Our Businessmen Need In Order To Be Competitive Is Transparency And A Level Playing-field.

The Philippines And The U.s. Have Had A Strong Relationship With Each Other For A Very Long Time Now. We Have A Shared History. We Have Shared Values, Democracy, Freedom, And We Have Been In All The Wars Together In Modern History, The World War, Second World War, Cold War, Vietnam, Korea, Now The War On Terrorism.