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we're Civil Affairs and as civil

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affairs , our job is to engage with the

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leadership of the country and the

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leaders of the ministries that provide

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for the people today . We had a we had

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a very successful engagement with a key

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leader in Djibouti city Abdullah today .

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This is uh to kowtow to , he's uh he's

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a member of our team . Abdullahi is the

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commune president for bob Allah ,

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he's an influential leader in the area .

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He is running for the mayor of Djibouti

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City . So the main purpose of today's

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meeting was just to meet Abdullahi for

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him to put a face to the new team and

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to ensure him that he's going to have

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our support in the future . We talked

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about some potential housing , some

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teaching some engagement where we can

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actually teach the locals how to build

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different styles of homes . We can get

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military people to teach civilian job

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oceans , ways of doing things so that

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they can actually , in the future teach

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more people how to do things on the

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outside . We had soldiers engaging the

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local population . You kind of paid to

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get something that says , you don't

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have a job . Although we did gain

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useful information , some of the

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information that the soldiers outside

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gain , help us to have a different

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perspective on the information we

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gained on the inside . When we were out

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some out front of the building , there

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was an older woman that came and

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approached me and was talking to me .

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She was asking about about jobs . Her

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solution for us was to bring her in

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next time we speak with the government

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representatives so that she can

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actually be heard and seen . The

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greatest thing about this lady is that

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she wasn't speaking for herself . She

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was actually speaking for a whole

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community of women by talking to me .

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She felt like I could get her in more

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so than one of the male soldiers . You

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can study up on the area all you want

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when you're home , you can read about

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Djibouti , you can read about the

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ablutions , you can read about the

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culture , but until you are here and

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you engage with the people , you really

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don't know anything . And by by being

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optimistic by smiling by shaking hands

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with people , you really make a

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difference with the diverse team that

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we have . We're really set up to do

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some great things here .

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Okay . See you again . Yes . Yes .