Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead speaks at a Nov. 14, 2018 Veteran Remembrance Event at Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, where two of three Bells of Balangiga are displayed. Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Philippines Ambassador Jose Manuel G. Romualdez were on base to start an effort to return the bells to the Philippines. Mead sides with veterans who worry that returning the bells could lead to the repatriation of any number of items serving as memorials to American war dead. "We know you and the president have looked at this, and the highest priority of the military of course i

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Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead speaks at a Nov. 14, 2018 Veteran Remembrance Event at Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, where two of three Bells of Balangiga are displayed. Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Philippines Ambassador Jose Manuel G. Romualdez were on base to start an effort to return the bells to the Philippines. Mead sides with veterans who worry that returning the bells could lead to the repatriation of any number of items serving as memorials to American war dead. "We know you and the president have looked at this, and the highest priority of the military of course is national security," Mead told Mattis. "We absolutely need to build those friendships." (Wyoming Army National Guard

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