US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg shrugged of the anti-American rhetoric of President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, noting that the US is committed to maintain its iron-clad alliance with the Philippines, including the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), which provides for war games.

Goldberg made the statement after he was awarded a Golden Mace award by the House of Representatives--a recognition that he received from Duterte’s allies Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez of Davao del Norte and House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas of Ilocos Norte during the plenary session.

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