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- [Announcer] More than 60 Marshall Center alumni from 44

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countries shared best practices and lessons learned

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in fighting terrorism during a three-day workshop

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held at the Marshall Center

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in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

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What made the workshop unique was its focus on the role

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women have in countering terrorism and violent extremism.

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Army Colonel, Ken Cole, Deputy Director of the Marshall

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Center of Terrorism and Security Studies,

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stressed the importance women have

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^in the fight against terrorism.

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^- And there's nothing more powerful than the role of

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^mothers, wives, and sisters

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embedded in society,

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and when you think about their influence at all

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levels of society, we really wanted to spend some time

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looking at the proactive approach that that element

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of society can contribute to counter-terrorism

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before it happens.

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- [Announcer] The alumni who attended this workshop

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are involved with fighting terrorism efforts in

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their home countries.

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Precious Alongo-Coker, a research officer for the

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Office of National Security in Sierra Leone, Africa,

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said Marshall Center courses and workshops like this one

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are very important.

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^- For me personally, they have helped me a lot.

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^The Center has helped me a lot, and for my country

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over the years Marshall Center has been providing

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training opportunities for other members not just

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within my office but in other security sector agencies,

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and we use what we learn here to develop our work

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back home, so it's very important for Sierra Leone now

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that training opportunities are very limited in our country.

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- Alumni workshops and the four-week program on terrorism

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and security studies that is held twice a year

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are designed to increase understanding of global threats

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and promote a more stable world through professional

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relationships in partner nations.

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Program Director, James Howcroft, explained

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the importance of involving all of society in the fight

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^against terrorism and violent extremism.

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^- In the PTSS, we try and look at answers to the

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^problem of terrorism.

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We try and look at what are all the solutions that we

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can use that we can bring to the problem, and that's

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how we came up with the idea of talking about

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specifically what's the role that women have to play in

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fighting this threat to our security and our citizens.

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- [Announcer] For more information on Marshall Center

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programs, visit us on Facebook or online.