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- [Corporal Haley Foret] Air Station
Iwakuni and Japanese officials

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are signing official documents today

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which will allow commercial 
aviation to return to Iwakuni.

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These are agreements between the
Osaka Civil Aviation Bureau,

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the Fukuoko District Meteorological Observatory,

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the Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau,

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and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni.

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- The significance for both

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Iwakuni as well as for the local community is that

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this opportunity and this signing agreement

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represents the culmination of seven years

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of strong negotiations, strong
teamwork and dedication

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to a cause that will benefit both
the local community

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as well as the military resident.

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- [Foret] Those signing the 
agreements were Colonel James Stewart,

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Mr. Fukuichi, director of the 
Osaka Civil Aviation Bureau,

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Mr. Hashida, director general
of the Meteorological Observatory,

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and Mr. Watanabe, director general
of the Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau.

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- What I'd like to do is take this opportunity

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to thank all of the many, many people,

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and generations of individuals

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on both the U.S. side as well as the Japanese side

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that have seen these efforts bear fruit today

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in the signing of these agreements.

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So it is through only their sacrifice and dedication

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that we can bring this opportunity to Iwakuni.

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- [Foret] Lance Corporal Haley Foret,
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.