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Article: Envoy Del Rosario due in D.C.
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- Filipino Reporter
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- October 18, 2001
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Filipino Reporter
10-18-2001
Envoy Del Rosario due in D.C.
Ambassador Albert del Rosario, the new Philippine envoy to the United
States, is arriving in the nation's capital later this month, faced with a
"more sensitive and difficult task" of strengthening RP-US ties in view of
an American-led global campaign against terrorism.
Del Rosario was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) as
Philippine ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the U.S.
Sen. Bias Ople, chairman the CA's foreign relations committee, said Del
Rosario's immediate confirmation is needed as "we in the Philippines have
to express our solidarity with the American people in the war they are
waging against the ...