U.S. pledges $300 million in security funding for S.E. Asia

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday pledged $300 million in new security funding for Southeast Asia.Pompeo announced the aid package while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a series of meetings in Singapore between foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their partners such as the United States, Japan and China.Earlier this week, Pompeo unveiled $113 million in new U.S. investment to support technology, energy and infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific, widely seen as a step to counter China's rising clout in the region through President…READ FULL ARTICLE