Low-Key Delegation from US to Aquino Inauguration on June 30

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The News UpFront: (TOP STORY) as of Friday, June 25, 2010
~ US President Barack Obama on Friday named a two-man delegation to the inauguration of Benigno Aquino III as Philippine president on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Diplomatic sources said the composition of the delegation, consisting of the US Trade Representative and the US Ambassador to the Philippines, is quite low-key given the historical ties between the two countries.


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President Obama Names Two-Man Delegation
to Aquino's Inaugural on June 30 in Manila


By ROMEO P. MARQUEZ


TORONTO -- President Barack Obama announced on Friday the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Manila, Philippines to attend the inauguration of Benigno S. Aquino III, President-elect of the Republic of the Philippines on June 30, the White House said in a press statement in Washington, DC.

Ron Kirk, US Trade Representative, will lead the two-man delegation, the announcement relayed by the Office of the Press Secretary to the Philippine Village Voice, said.

The other member of the delegation is Harry K. Thomas Jr., US Ambassador to the Philippines.

(This Currents & Breaking News may be posted online, broadcast or reprinted, on condition that the author and the publication be properly credited. By Romeo P. Marquez, Editor, Philippine Village Voice, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Volume 4, Issue no. 21, June 25, 2010).