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Philippines slams ex-US envoy over cable remarks

By Wed, Aug 31, 2011 3:00AM UTC View Comments Kristie Kenney. Pic: AP.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine foreign chief is quoted as calling the former U.S. ambassador to Manila “a dismal failure” over her leaked comments criticizing late democracy icon Corazon Aquino. The Philippine Daily Inquirer published a 2009 embassy cable from whistle-blower WikiLeaks that quoted former Ambassador Kristie Kenney as saying Aquino’s credibility as a...

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AFP on US Ambassador Kenney and use of social media

By Thu, Jul 14, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments Kristie Kenney during her time as US Ambassador to the Philippines. Pic: AP.

AFP published an interesting article yesterday looking at the US Ambassador to Thailand, Kristie Kenney (@KristieKenney), and her use of social media. I was grateful to be contacted for opinion, and subsequently quoted, for the article excerpts of which are below. You can read it in full via Google here. For Kenney, the days of starchy...

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