Gilbert Teodoro
Secretary of National Defense of Philippines
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Oct 4, 2026
China Handed Him a Note on Stage. His Response Went VIRAL | Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr.
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Gilberto Teodoro Jr.GUEST
And may I read it? China's position on the South China Sea arbitration is clear, consistent, and firm.
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Erin MolanHOST
Can you talk to me about the danger there and what is actually going on for those who don't follow it closely? Yeah.
Why Should We Care About the Defense Secretary Who Won’t Back Down from China? | with Secretary Gilberto Teodoro
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Gilberto TeodoroGUEST
In the two Shangri-La dialogues I participated in personally, They did not attend or the defense minister did not.

Gilberto TeodoroGUEST
And they slipped me with this colonel guy together with the trolls that pretend to be journalists and just try to trap you into losing your temper and then capturing you on their camera so they can edit it.

Gilberto TeodoroGUEST
Their defense attache was there last year, and he attempted to ask a question, but he did not actually ask a question, but delivered an alternative lecture, which is why I cut him off and said, you should have raised all of these points in the arbitration proceeding.
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Ray PowellHOST
So what brought steel plants to your attention and made it a national security matter rather than a labor or an immigration case?
Philippines: America’s Ally and Strategic Archipelago | Today's Battlegrounds with H.R. McMaster
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Gilberto TeodoroGUEST
internal adjustment that President Pink was to refocus our defensive operations from internal to territorial defense.

Gilberto TeodoroGUEST
And in so doing, we evolved the comprehensive archipelagic defense concept.

Gilberto TeodoroGUEST
where we would have to project deterrence capabilities throughout our exclusive economic zone in order to deter unwanted behavior from irresponsible actors.

Gilberto TeodoroGUEST
domestically too, he has been at the forefront of anti-UFW operations, illegal and subversive operations by alien criminal syndicates.

Gilberto TeodoroGUEST
He has banned offshore gambling establishments which were laundering money for other purposes and corrupting a lot of people.
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59:06H.R. McMasterHOST
So, Secretary, what I'd like to ask you for the final question here for our viewers is, what else should our viewers know about the Philippines and what should they know about the Philippine-U.S. relationship? Well,