A senior State Department official said he anticipates the U.S. security relationship with the Philippines will persist despite a strained relationship with new Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has recently questioned whether his nation needs the alliance with the United States. During a Wednesday breakfast with reporters, Daniel Russel, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, said that the ties between the two nations appear too strong to sever. "Without question there is a lot of noise...
