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Trump's friendly invitation to strongman Duterte stuns all
The invitation to the White House caught US officials off-guard and they are expected to raise objections internally.
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.
The invitation to the White House caught US officials off-guard and they are expected to raise objections internally.
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