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capacity building is a tough job . The

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members of the provincial

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reconstruction teams are ready to face

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the challenge . A PRT is the State

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Department led team assigned to a

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particular province in Iraq . The PRTS

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main goal is to strengthen provincial

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Iraqi government and their capacity to

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serve their people . We are advising

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the government and drafting their

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provincial development strategy which

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is the comprehensive strategy that will

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guide this province for the next three

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years to decide what are the

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reconstruction priorities for the

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government ? Where should they put

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their money that they're getting from

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Baghdad , helping them or helping them

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organize their thoughts around what

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this program should consist of . So

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we're helping them develop the

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provincial development strategy . The

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PRTS complete their mission with help

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from various other government

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organizations to include coalition

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allies and the U . S . Army Corps of

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Engineers . There is no template for

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provincial reconstruction . Each

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province has its own set of challenges

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and successes . It's a challenge to get

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into Madonna province and meet with the

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Masonic government officials has

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regularly . Um and for as long as

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we would like , we could always do more

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if we were able to interact with them

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more often more frequently . Um

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trying to accomplish this mission in

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just a couple of hours a week is a

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significant challenge . Um That said we

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have made significant strides I believe

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um by the middle of next month we

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expect that Madonna province will

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publish um it's provincial budget , I

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believe that it will make it the second

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province in Iraq to do so . In the end

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it's the need to return control to the

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Iraqis and their future that drives the

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members of the p . R . T . For centcom

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public affairs on specialist Brett

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miller reporting from Camp adder Iraq .