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‘End that son of a bitch’: Philippine president says he will scrap military pact with US

By Joel Gehrke
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‘End that son of a bitch’: Philippine president says he will scrap military pact with US

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will end the Visiting Forces Agreement that underpins U.S. military training exercises with the country’s troops, one of his top advisers announced Friday.

“The president said he is terminating the VFA,” Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Friday. “I asked for clarification, and he said he is not changing his decision.”

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