(File photo) MANILA-The Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed on Wednesday the appointments of Voltaire Mauricio as chief of mission class II, Mylene Garcia-Albano as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Japan, Val Roque as career minister, and 50 officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). As the chairperson of the CA Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Jinggoy Estrada cited Mauricio as an asset in the good relations between the Philippines and Japan. Estrada also said Albano, who did extensive work and has rich experience in both the private and the government sectors, is the first female Philippine ambassador to Japan. Meanwhile, the lawmaker gave his trust to Roque who has been successful in handling resolutions to various cases of overseas Filipino workers in distress and victims of human trafficking. Roque, who is currently in London, attended the deliberation and confirmation of his appointment virtually. Being one of the CA members, Senate Pro Tempo
super pac, stephen colbert gives his unique interview. and a mom accused of taking her daughter to a tanning booth lashes out at critics. she may be an excessive tanner herself. we ll hear from her today, herself. we ll hear from her today, friday, may 4th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome today on this friday morning i m ann curry. i m david gregory. what a treat for me to be in for matt today. because i ve actually never met a man on television with his own super pac and his own tanning bed. but stephen colbert has both. and we re going to get to talk to him about his new children s book and politics coming up. but we actually have serious politics going on this morning. a big test for secretary of state clinton. she s expected to face questions this morning about this speech with the state of the dissident chen guangcheng hanging in the balance. since he escaped from house arrest last week, chen has pleaded for help from secretary
and a mom accused of taking her daughter to a tanning booth lashes out at critics. she may be an excessive tanner herself. we ll hear from her today, herself. we ll hear from her today, friday, may 4th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome today on this friday morning i m ann curry. i m david gregory. what a treat for me to be in for matt today. because i ve actually never met a man on television with his own super pac and his own tanning bed. but stephen colbert has both. and we re going to get to talk to him about his new children s book and politics coming up. but we actually have serious politics going on this morning. a big test for secretary of state clinton. she s expected to face questions this morning about this speech with the state of the dissident chen guangcheng hanging in the balance. since he escaped from house arrest last week, chen has pleaded for help from secretary clinton and has also asked that he and his family be all
excessive force. but this lawsuit is not about that. it is not about what the police did with respect to the disabled man in the wheelchair. this is a free-speech case. the aclu says the police violated the rights after witness when they arrested him when all he was doing was questioning what they were do g doing. the incidents was captured and posted on youtube. metro police are shown pulling a man from a wheelchair and throwing him to the ground. the officers said the disabled man was loud and belligerent. lawrence miller witnessed the incident and he was also arrested. miller says all he did was ask the police questions about what they were doing. i never saw any i did not assault anyone. i believe my conduct, it was as any concerned citizen would be. just to say something p putt know, if you see something. metro s not so if you see something, say something. i said something. i was arrested. reporter: the aclu says miller s first amendment right to free speech was vi