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Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (File photo) MANILA - With less than three months left before the end of the Duterte Administration, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday said he has already ordered his staff to prepare for the transition and handover of responsibilities to his successor. "What I am doing now is I have directed my staff to prepare my own transition and prepare the documents, including our clearances from the Ombudsman and all those agencies requiring us to get a clearance, and they are now listing or putting in a paper, sheet of pap...

Investigation on hold at least for the days there would be no funding for that investigation? >> i don't know the internal workings of that investigation, whether day-to-day funding is critical. that's something we have to look into more carefully. i can tell you, this is a decision in the hands of president trump as to whether to shut down this government. he has a majority in the house. a majority in the united states senate. the republican control of two branches of go. any shut down is on his shoulders. >> the "guardian" newspaper has a report that the white house is preventing the cia dir...