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The Philippines' Tentative President

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Feb 19, 2011
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President Benigno S. Aquino III is a nice guy with a soft heart. But is that really the leader a nation long lagging its regional peers needs?

Aquino's preference for putting the politics of the heart before considered views of the national interest has been classically illustrated by official intervention to try to save the lives of two Filipinos facin…

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