Malacañang is looking forward to
“exciting times” amid reports of the imminent appointment of a new female United States Ambassador to the Philippines.Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo has welcomed reports that US State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Mina Chang may be Washington’s next top diplomat in the country, saying she is smart and beautiful.
“Did you hear about the incoming… I don’t know if true, the incoming US Ambassador? Beautiful, maganda, golfer pa, Harvard pa [golfer and a Harvard graduate],” Panelo said during a Palace press conference last Tuesday. Based on her profile on the US State Department website, Chang has vast experience in conflict areas such as in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Nigeria, and the Philippines. She advocates “proactive stabilization as a strategic tool of foreign engagement and an investment in a stronger America abroad.”
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