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Title:
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How Much Damage Can Duterte Do to the U.S.-Philippine Relationship?
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Author:
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Joshua Kurlantzick
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Source:
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World Politics Review
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Date:
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October 7, 2016
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Description:
- Over the past decade, the United States and the Philippines have bolstered what was already a strong strategic and diplomatic relationship with deep historical roots and a 65-year treaty alliance. During the George W. Bush administration, after 9/11, the U.S. launched a training and assistance program for the Philippine armed forces, designed to help combat terrorist networks based in the southern Philippines, especially Abu Sayyaf. For a time, a significant detachment of U.S. Special Forces was based there, training Philippine soldiers.
