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IN WELCOMING MY COLLEAGUE, BRETT SCHAEFER. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION. TODAY'S EVENT IS ON THE NEW AFRICA COMMAND....
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| 00:02:10 |
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IT IS SCHEDULED TO ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITIES AS A STAND- ALONE COMMAND OF THIS OCTOBER. THE DECISION TO CREATE AFRICOM WAS MORE THAN AN ADMINISTRATIVE...
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| 00:04:17 |
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FOR ALL OF SUB- SAHARAN AFRICA. PRIOR TO HER CURRENT POSITION, SHE SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE OPPOSITE -- OFFICE OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS FOR TWO YEARS. FROM...
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| 00:07:47 |
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HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING JOURNEY FOR ME IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE IT HAS -- BECAUSE I HAVE SPENT MORE TIME WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DEFENSE...
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| 00:25:15 |
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I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE THE VIEW FROM THE HILL. I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THERE IS NO ONE VIEW FROM THE HILL. THERE ARE 535 MEMBERS AND THEY ALL...
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| 00:25:36 |
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CONGRESS IS NOW LOOKING AT AFRICOM AND ITS CREATION THROUGH THE LENS OF THE SEVERAL ONGOING POLICY DEBATES. FIRST, THE ROLE OF VARIOUS AGENCIES IN PROVIDING...
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| 00:31:41 |
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THE CREATION OF AFRICOM IS TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT, MISUNDERSTOOD, AND UNDER APPRECIATED THE EVENT. I GIVE THE DEPARTMENT AND SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD,...
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| 00:41:33 |
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THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROCESS , IF AFRICOM AND THE PARTNERSHIP BUILDING EXERCISES. I KNOW TO IN LOOKING AT THIS YEAR'S DOD BUDGET, THERE'S NOT ONLY...
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| 00:51:15 |
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COMMENTS ABOUT THE PROCESS AND ROLE OF AFRICOM. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE BASIC IDEA OF AFRICOM. NOT SO MUCH TO -- TWO REASONS. WHAT DID FARQUHAR'S...
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| 00:51:28 |
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IT MAY IMPACT THE FUTURE OF ART IN OUR DEFENSE STRATEGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY. WE HAVE HEARD WELL TODAY THAT AFRICOM IS AN EXPERIMENT OF POST COLD WAR...
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| 00:57:57 |
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NONTRADITIONAL STRATEGY. THIS INCLUDES N.G.O.'S AND P.B.O.'S. N.G.O.'S, MANY ARE LEERY OF WORKING WITH AFRICOM OR ANY U.S. MILITARY ORGANIZATION...
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| 00:59:29 |
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FOCUSED ON DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNMENT AND BASICALLY IF ANYBODY HAD TO EMPLOY A RECORD IT WAS A DIFFICULT DAY FOR D.O.D., WHICH INTERESTLY, FROM THE UNIFORMED...
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| 01:00:58 |
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THERE. WE PUT THE TRANSITION TEAM THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME EXTRA SPACE AT STUTE GUARD. IS NOT CLEAR AT ALL THAT STUTE GUARD WILL NECESSARILY BE...
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| 01:03:38 |
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TO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AND WHO DO YOU
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| 01:03:42 |
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HAVE NOT ONLY AN INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BUT A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP? IS AFRICOM THE ONLY CONNECT THAT NEEDS TO BE THERE? AGAIN I WOULD ASK THE QUESTION...
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| 01:04:52 |
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MILITARY PERSONNEL DETAILED TO WORK SECURITY OPERATION ISSUES. ONE ELEMENT OF AFRICOM'S INTERACTION ON THE CONTINENT IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OFFICES...
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| 01:05:57 |
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DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ROWANDA. THIS WOULD SEEM LIKE AN IMPORTANT ISSUES IN
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| 01:06:09 |
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LIGHT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENT AS AND IN LIGHT OF ROW WANTED'S ROLE IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION. >> WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAD NO FORMAL...
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| 01:06:42 |
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WITH THEM, THEY WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING SUCH DISCUSSIONS WITH US. ONLY ONE OF THOSE COUNTRIES HAS MADE THAT PUBLIC. THAT WAS LIE YEAR YA....
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| 01:07:15 |
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THANK YOU. MR. SEEMS TO BE EITHER
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| 01:07:23 |
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A NONDISTINCTION FOR A SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP WITH AFRICOM AND AFRICAN UNION. I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH AMBASSADOR CORVILLE AND HER OFFICES...
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| 01:07:41 |
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ON HOW AFRICOM IS LOOKING AT AFRICAN UNION AND IS THAT EITHER A POLICY OR STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP? >> I THINK THE ANSWER IS ACTUALLY BOTH. CERTAINLY...
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| 01:08:09 |
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MORE RECENTLY, SINCE THE ADVENT OF THE A.U. IN 2002, THE IDEA OF MULTILATERAL AND COLLECTIVE SECURITY STRUCTURES HAS VANCED SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE CONTINENT....
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| 01:10:13 |
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AND KENYA, THEY
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| 01:10:16 |
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HAVE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE THAT AFRICOM WORK THROUGH THE A.U. ARCHITECTURE AND WORK MULTILATERALLY AS WELL AS LATERALLY. SO I THINK THAT WILL BE...
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| 01:10:52 |
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LIKE EVERY STATE IN AFRICA FE%@@@ RbRb DISTINCTIONS TEND TO GET LOST. I WOULD SAY OUR SMALL COMMUNITY OF AFRICANNISTS HERE AGAIN NEEDS LIKE WISE TO VAULT...
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| 01:12:15 |
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OTHER POSSIBILITIES? >> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, THE
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| 01:12:25 |
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D.O.D. LEXICON IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED IN TERMS OF WORD CHOICE AND PHRASES THAT ONE CAN USE TO DESCRIBE AND ORGANIZATIONAL ENTITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF...
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| 01:12:44 |
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AWARE OF THE PITFALLS OF USING THE WORD COMMAND IN A BROAD CONTEXT MIGHT BRING. BUT GIVEN THAT IT IS OR FALLED WITHIN OUR UNIFIED COMMAND STRUCTURE...
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| 01:14:22 |
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THE TERMINOLOGY TO AREA OF FOCUS. >> ARE THERE ANY OVER HERE? THERE IS ANOTHER ONE UP IN THIS AREA. WE WILL GET BACK TO THE TOP. >> HI. GORGE. SEAN,...
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| 01:14:48 |
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THE 90'S. I AM WONDERING IF THAT IS BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT? I KNOW THERE WAS FROM THE DISCUSSION ON THE PANEL A LOT
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| 01:14:57 |
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OF EMPHASIS PLACED ON INTERAGENCY COORDINATION IN THE GOVERNMENT BUT I AM WONDERLING IF THE ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE IS BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT? >> THAT...
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| 01:15:33 |
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THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA WAS SPLIT BETWEEN THREE OUR UNIFIED COMMANDS, THE UNITED STATES HAS NOT DEVELOPED A CORPS OF AFRICANNISTS IN THE DEPARTMENT...
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| 01:16:48 |
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FIRST COMMENT WOULD BE ADDRESS IT IS -- ADDRESSING THE CULTURE ISSUES. I WOULD SAY THAT GENERAL YOU HAVE
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| 01:16:59 |
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A CORPS OF CIVIL SERVICE OFFICERS WHO ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO GO ABROAD. OUT THE AGENCIES ARE FUNDED, HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE INDIVIDUALS...
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| 01:18:29 |
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DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? >> YOUR POINTS ARE WELL TAKEN, AND THERE ARE CHALLENGES. I MEAN THAT IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE...
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| 01:18:52 |
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ARE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE AS YOU SAY AVAILABLE. YOU DON'T WANT TO THROW PEOPLE INTO THE COMMAND JUST TO HAVE THEM THERE. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT...
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| 01:21:42 |
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FIRST QUESTION IS JUST A MATTER OF NUMBERS AND DOLLARS. THERE IS NO DISTINCTION TO ACCEPT THAT POINT. ON THE OTHER HAND, ONE COULD ASK REASONABLE...
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| 01:23:37 |
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THE SENSE THAT HE HAS MOVED IT INTO A NICE HUMANITARIAN THING INTO SOMETHING MORE CLOSELY CONNECTED TO NATIONAL
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| 01:23:44 |
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SECURITY AND I WONDER IF YOU COULD COMMENT ON THAT? >> SURE. ACTUALLY WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT HEALTH ISSUES PARTICULARLY IN THE AFRICAN CONTEXT,...
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| 01:24:08 |
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HAS BECOME SO PREVALENT IN AFRICA AND OTHER PLACES. BUT CERTAINLY IT HAS AN IMPACT. PURELY FROM A MILITARY IMPACT IT HAS AN IMPACT SIMPLY BECAUSE HALF...
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| 01:25:59 |
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| 01:26:06 |
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aRbRbRbRb) PROGRAMS ARE THE WAY TO GO. MANY ARE EXCELLENT. IN SOME CASES, THE AMBASSADORS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE ASSISTANT POLITICAL OFFICER, EVERYBODY'S...
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| 01:27:17 |
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NORMAL SECURITY AND STRATEGIC
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| 01:27:20 |
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RELATIONSHIP WITH MORE AFRICAN COUNTRIES. THAT IS NOT BAD. IT SHOULDN'T BE AN EITHER/OR CHOICE. AND IN ADDITION TO CREATING THE UNIFIED COMMAND, ADDING...
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| 01:28:14 |
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PLAYED RECENTLY, AND HOW MUCH HAVE THEY BEEN ABLE TO PLAY THE ROLES OF PARTNERS IN ANY EXTENT? IN ANY EVENT, THE U.S.-AFRICA MILITARY ACTIONS THAT...
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| 01:28:31 |
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ANY OF THEM HAVE USEFUL CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM? >> I WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE LAST PART OF THAT QUESTION. IN ANY CASE, WHAT ROLE HAS THE FORMER...
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| 01:28:55 |
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THE DUTCH ARE MORE ACTIVE, THE SWEDES ARE MORE ACTIVE IN THE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT THESE DAYS, AS ARE THE DAINS, ET CETERA. SO THE IN ORDERICS ARE IN...
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| 01:31:51 |
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| 01:31:56 |
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RECALL
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.