If we are not willing to invest ourselves in some of these new facilities, it is going to be a hard case for us to make to allies and partners that they should do it or that we are committed to our Asia-Pacific strategy.
Bordallo emphasizes the need for U.S. investment to gain allies' trust in Asia-Pacific strategy.
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