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Old 06-09-2012, 19:41   #15
ZonieDiver
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Originally Posted by Pete View Post
In my cruising around the net today I saw an article about the Philippine President's visit to our President. Didn't mark the link and can't find it.

I got the impression it happened pretty recent - last few days (?).

The gist was that their president asked our president for assurances that we could be counted on if anything happened.

Maybe this is a sign of some assurance.
It was yesterday afternoon. There was a clip on the news because POTUS was whining about being picked on for his 'the private sector is just fine' comment in his morning address/news conference. The Philippine president had to sit there. No mention then of the substance of their discussions. I did find this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/09/wo...-standoff.html
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