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Duterte eyes Gibo anew for DND top post

/ 05:51 PM August 23, 2016

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has renewed his offer to former defense chief Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro to head the Department of National Defense (DND).

Duterte made the announcement in a speech during the oath-taking of military officers in Malacañang on Tuesday.

Duterte said he was mulling to appoint incumbent Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to an ambassadorial post in a country which he did not specify.

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Duterte first offered the DND portfolio to Teodoro last May, but the latter  turned it down.

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Teodoro, who ran but lost in the 2004 presidential election, served as defense secretary in the administration of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo./rga

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