Duterte to hold talks with US defense secretary

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Amid his strained ties with the United States, President Duterte is expected to hold a meeting with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III on Thursday, July 29.Austin is expected to visit the country this week in line with 75th anniversary of the Philippine-United States relations. His trip to Manila will come after his visits to Vietnam and Singapore. The US official is seeking to bolster US defense relations with these Southeast Asian nations amid China’s expansion in the South China Sea.

The upcoming visit of the US defense chief comes amid the President Duterte’s fraught relations with America over its past criticisms of his drug war, alleged inaction during the Panatag Shoal standoff in 2012, among others. “And if America has to go to war, you would have to go to Congress to get — American Congress to get the authority to go to war,” he added.

 

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maybe they meet by Jet Ski, and get China the fuck out of the Philippine seas NOW!!!!!!!!!! Filipino fishermen are starving and are being attacked and DuJackass does nothing

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