OPERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Africa Land Forces Summit Conference Call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later we will conduct a question and answer session. Instructions will be given at that time. If you should require assistance during the call, please press * then 0. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, Marissa Scott. Please go ahead.
MODERATOR: Good afternoon to everyone from the U.S. Department of State's Africa Regional Media Hub. I would like to welcome our participants dialing in from across the continent and thank all of you for joining this discussion. Today we are very pleased to be joined by the U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Roger Cloutier, Commander of U.S. Army Africa and Rear Admiral Kindu Gezu, Chief of the Ethiopian Navy.
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