US hails PH offer for larger military presence but won't set up bases

28-Jan-12, 7:26 AM | Agence France-Presse










WASHINGTON - The United States has welcomed the Philippines' offer to allow more US troops on its territory, saying it would boost US power in Asia, and assured it was not seeking to re-establish bases in the former colony.
The Philippines said earlier Friday that it planned to hold more joint exercises and to let more US troops rotate through the

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