Obama and President-Elect Duterte speak on telephone

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Obama Speaks by Phone with Incoming Philippines President: U.S. Official – www.plnmedia.com

President Obama spoke by telephone on Tuesday with Rodrigo Duterte, the incoming president of the Philippines, a key treaty ally of the United States in Asia, a US official said.

Duterte won the largest share of the votes in a May 9 presidential election, according to an unofficial count by a poll watchdog, although the official result has yet to be confirmed.

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