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    Trump invites Duterte to White House sparking controversy

    President Rodrigo Duterte Presidential Communications Operations Office Speaking to a group of Filipino workers returning from overseas a year ago, the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, told them, "If you lose your job, I'll give you one.  Kill all the drug addicts."  In June, he said, "If you know of any addicts, go ahead and…

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    By Warren Olney • May 1, 2017 • 1 min read

    Speaking to a group of Filipino workers returning from overseas a year ago, the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, told them, "If you lose your job, I'll give you one. Kill all the drug addicts." In June, he said, "If you know of any addicts, go ahead and kill them yourself as getting their parents to do it would be too painful." Some eight or nine thousand Filipinos have died in extra-judicial killings. Now, President Trump has invited Duterte to visit the White House, after a phone call described as "warm" by Trump's aides. Phelim Kine, deputy director of the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch, considers the controversial invitation.

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    Free speech and the ideological fight for college campuses
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    3. 41:21Trump invites Duterte to White House sparking controversyYou’re reading this
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