SINGAPORE - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged on Saturday to provide nearly $300 million in new security funding for Southeast Asia. Pompeo unveiled the figure to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other officials from around the world in Singapore. The United States said earlier this week it will invest $113 million in technology, energy and infrastructure initiatives in emerging Asia which he called 'a downpayment on a new era of US economic commitment to the region.'
