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we use a combination of things and this

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is part of what third army are sent as

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the army service component . Command of

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centcom does everyday visitations

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secondly exercises like eager line .

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Great example , by the way , the

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largest exercise we've had in the

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Middle East since the days of bright

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star and uh perhaps a new a new door

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has been opened here or exercises we

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design on our own . We just did a

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smaller one that was an army exercise

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in kuwait a tremendous exercise to show

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the capabilities that can come from

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training in the field together . I can

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see the benefits for us are the other

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nations open to this . I'd say more so

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than ever . In my experience , they

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would like to benefit from our years of

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experience . They recognize that we

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have considerable experience at the

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present time . We're being observed and

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if we are open enough to respond and

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have a dialogue with our friends , he

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goes a long way . We have 20 nations in

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this area of responsibility from Egypt

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in the South West too , Kazakhstan in

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the northeast . And our relationships

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are changing because of the Arab Spring .

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We see our relationships with Jordan

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and with the United Arab Emirates with

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Saudi Arabia with Kuwait especially ,

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which is where our forward headquarters

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is located . They're richer than

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they've ever been . A desire to have .

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The U . S . Is a long term strategic

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partner is evident . Our commitment is

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also evident , but it's the fact that

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we have relationship , lets us

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encourage other relationships between

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these countries and we're already

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seeing fruit on that and several very

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important countries in the region .