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our job is to go out into the pacific

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island countries around Oceana and to

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try to partner with the host nation

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government and the embassies in order

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to help facilitate uh the U . S .

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Military's relationship into these

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countries . Ambassador Kantor has uh

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excellent vision for the region . She

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she's the bond between the Federated

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States of Micronesia in the United

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States says uh is critical for the

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region . We've been linked in very

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tightly with her helping to food drives

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in Guam for uh people from the F . S .

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M . That have not been able to re

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answer the country to the covid close

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closing . Mhm . We've been tied in with

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her and the CDC's trying to work on

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messaging campaigns for vaccination

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drive efforts within the F . S . M .

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She has embraced Task force of Sienna

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with open arms as she sees this as a

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force multiplier that we can come in

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and do you excellent work with the

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local communities . I am from that area .

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And I know I can bring a lot to the

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table because I know that people there

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and I had ties to the culture and I I

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speak the language as well . And plus

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when they see that person that is not

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from the region , they're not kind of

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people more be uh more open to dialogue .

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Whereas for myself , you know , if I

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speak that , I was like , oh you speak

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the language , okay let's let's try a

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lot , right ? That's why I'm really

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really really really you know uh happy

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to be uh to be with task force

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because I know that uh my partner will

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will do this on our partnership with

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the F . S . M . Is very important not

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only to the United States , but to

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micronesians , you know , to the folks

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living out there . There's a tremendous

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amount of pride in that community ,

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with the relationship they had with the

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United States , particularly the United

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States military , in particular ,

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United States Army . The bonds between

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our countries are very deep and

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strong , you know , and I think T . F .

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O . Can only help uh strengthen that

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bond if we go out and have be able to

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access our mission and do it properly

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for these folks .

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Yes .