WIRE — MANILA, Philippines – Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro pointed to political and institutional hurdles that supposedly inhibited the Philippines' deterrence posture. "Its not effective at all. Thats why we have to adjust," Teodoro said in a roundtable discussion with the Inquirer on Wednesday. "A credible deterrence posture is not a static or a fixed number because
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