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Philippines’ Duterte Leaves U.S. Policymakers “Baffled”

Posted October 25th, 2016 at 9:42 am (UTC-4)
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Earlier this year, U.S.-Philippines strategic cooperation appeared to be making progress towards increasing joint naval patrols, basing more U.S. troops in the Philippines, and military aid….Once Filipino President Benigno Aquino passed the torch to Duterte on June 30th of this year, many believed he would maintain if not build on the work of his predecessor.