From left to right, Lt. Gen. Oscar Lactao, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim, Philippines Defense Chief Delfin Lorenzana, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Ariel Abadilla, Philippine Armed Forces Chief Gen. Eduardo Ano and Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson link arms at the opening ceremony for this year's joint Philippines-U.S. military exercise dubbed "Balikatan 2017" Monday, May 8, 2017 at Camp Aguinaldo in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. This year's military drill has been scaled down to humanitarian assistance and disaster response and anti-terrorism.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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