Obama won’t ‘pull punches’ on human rights in Philippines

Published August 31, 2016 9:17pm ET



Presidential press secretary Josh Earnest said President Obama isn’t going to “pull any punches” in raising human rights concerns with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte when the two meet next week in Laos for the Asian summit.

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