MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines has accepted US President Barack Obama's nomination of the next ambassador to Manila pending the latter's confirmation in the US Congress, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on Thursday. This developed as the nomination of Assistant Secretary Philip Goldberg, current head of the US Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), has raised concerns among militant groups given his expulsion from Bolivia, his last overseas assignment. "We've already issued the agreement and I think he will be going through the US Senate. So we're hopeful … we think that he will be a very good ambassado...
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