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Mistulang inulit ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ang kanyang State of the Nation Address noong Lunes nang makaharap niya ang isang grupo ng mga Pilipino sa Washington, DC sa Amerika kahapon.
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                    [Title] => While GMA is away, why not a ceasefire?
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CEASEFIRE MUNA: Without missing a step in her hectic 24/7 schedule, President Gloria Arroyo flew yesterday on another working visit to the United States, this time on invitation of US President Barack Obama.
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The inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama as the 44th President of the United States made me recall the plight of African-Americans during my time as a student in Washington  D.C. back in the late 50s.
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                    [Title] => Ople: Terms meet test of sovereignty
                    [Summary] => Opposition Sen. Blas Ople cited yesterday the revised terms of reference (TOR) of the joint RP-US military exercises in Basilan and Zamboanga City, saying they meet the tests of independence and sovereignty prescribed by the Constitution.


Ople, chairman of the Senate committee on foreign relations, congratulated Vice President and concurrent Foreign Affairs Secretary Teofisto Guingona Jr. for coming out with an improved TOR on the controversial "Balikatan 02-01."


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                    [Title] => It’s clear: AFP officers in charge of Balikatan
                    [Summary] => Pinoys In Full Control: What more clarification does the whining opposition want before it clears away the cobwebs in its mind about the joint RP-US military exercise on Basilan?


Admiral Dennis Blair, commander-in-chief of US forces in the Pacific (CINCPAC) who has operational control over US soldiers participating in the "Balikatan" exercise, has said that his men are mere advisers and that Filipino commanders are in charge.


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                    [Title] => CINCPAC on war games: RP in charge
                    [Summary] => The commander-in-chief of US forces in the Pacific (CINCPAC) has made it clear that the Philippine military is in charge of operations against the Abu Sayyaf terror group in Basilan, with Americans only playing an advisory role.


"There is no question that this is a Philippine operation. They’re in charge," US Admiral Dennis Blair said in a recent interview with a news network in Singapore. "It involves Philippine units with Philippine officers under Philippine control with US forces as advisers."


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                    [Title] => Fresh batch of US military advisers arrive in Zambo
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA City — A fresh batch of American counter-terrorism experts flew in here yesterday morning to advise Filipino troops battling Abu Sayyaf bandits in the nearby island province of Basilan.


The team immediately proceeded to the military’s Southern Command (Southcom) headquarters upon arrival at the Edwin Andrews Air Base aboard a US military C-130 cargo plane.


Southcom spokesman Lt. Col. Danilo Servando said the military advisers came from the US Pacific Area Command based in Hawaii headed by Admiral Dennis Blair.


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                    [Title] => US aid mulled in exchange for unlimited troop access
                    [Summary] => Washington is willing to give Manila much-needed military logistical assistance in exchange for unlimited US troop access to facilities in the Philippines.
                    [DatePublished] => 2001-11-18 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago
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                    [Title] => For help in fight vs terrorism, US to endorse debt relief for RP
                    [Summary] => The US may help ease the massive debt burden of the Philippines as part of a reward aid package for its swift response to the call for a campaign against terrorism.


James Kelly, US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, has indicated Washington would consider helping the Philippines reschedule its more than $50-billion debt.


Kelly spoke with reporters at the US Embassy in Manila in a video link from Washington Friday night, ahead of President Arroyo’s meeting with President George W. Bush at the White House on Tuesday.


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                    [Title] => US nominates new envoy to RP
                    [Summary] => The US has requested the Philippine government to accept the nomination of Francis Joseph Ricciardone as the new ambassador to the country.


The request was made by visiting US Pacific commander-in-chief Admiral Dennis Blair during a recent meeting with Vice President and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teofisto Guingona.


It has been 16 months that the US has been without an official envoy to the Philippines. US charge d’ affaires Michael Malinowski has been running the US Embassy in Manila after Thomas Hubbard left the post last year.


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ADMIRAL DENNIS BLAIR

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Ople, chairman of the Senate committee on foreign relations, congratulated Vice President and concurrent Foreign Affairs Secretary Teofisto Guingona Jr. for coming out with an improved TOR on the controversial "Balikatan 02-01."


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Southcom spokesman Lt. Col. Danilo Servando said the military advisers came from the US Pacific Area Command based in Hawaii headed by Admiral Dennis Blair.


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James Kelly, US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, has indicated Washington would consider helping the Philippines reschedule its more than $50-billion debt.


Kelly spoke with reporters at the US Embassy in Manila in a video link from Washington Friday night, ahead of President Arroyo’s meeting with President George W. Bush at the White House on Tuesday.


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It has been 16 months that the US has been without an official envoy to the Philippines. US charge d’ affaires Michael Malinowski has been running the US Embassy in Manila after Thomas Hubbard left the post last year.


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