NATIONAL DEFENSE BUDGET: Sen. Ralph Recto, Chairman of the Finance Subcommittee C, inquire on the proposed 2012 budget of the Department of National Defense and its attached agencies. National Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief-of-Staff Gen. Eduardo Oban, Jr. were present during the said committee hearing. (PRIB Photo by Alexis Nuevaespaña)