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USS Samuel B. Roberts Arrives in Mozambique

12:00 AM8/30/2011
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) arrived in Maputo, Mozambique, August 26, 2011, for a four-day goodwill port visit after an underway period supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation in the region.

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Navy Surgical Team Lends Helping Hand to Happy Infant

12:00 AM8/30/2011
U.S. Navy healthcare providers from Camp Lemonniers' Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) recently teamed up with Djiboutian surgeons to successfully remove a large lymphatic cyst from the neck and shoulder of a local newborn infant.
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East African Navies, Coast Guards train in Mauritius during APS

12:00 AM8/30/2011
Sailors from East African navies and coast guards and the United States trained aboard two Mauritian coast guard vessels in the first of a two-part training engagement for Africa Partnership Station (APS) East, August 25, 2011.

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Famine Soon to Worsen in Somalia, Report Predicts

12:00 AM8/27/2011
A new analysis of food security in the Horn of Africa reports that the level of acute malnutrition for people in some areas of Somalia exceeds 50 percent. Food insecurity will worsen to become famine in most areas of southern Somalia within four to
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Contact Group Discusses Support for Libya's Transition

12:00 AM8/26/2011
Deputy Secretary of State William Burns says the departure of the Qadhafi regime opens the door to a new future for Libya.

Burns led the U.S. delegation to a crucial meeting of the Libya Contact Group August 25, 2011 in Istanbul where
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Building Esprit de Corps - CJTF-HOA Hosts Senior NCO Symposium

12:00 AM8/26/2011
For the first time in its nine-year history, the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa hosted a senior enlisted conference, August 22 to 24, bringing together service members from 11 countries, spanning four continents, to enhance regional
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Building Esprit de Corps - CJTF-HOA Hosts Senior NCO Symposium

12:00 AM8/26/2011
For the first time in its nine-year history, the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa hosted a senior enlisted conference, August 22 to 24, 2011, bringing together service members from 11 countries, spanning four continents, to enhance
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Stability Through Health: U.S. AFRICOM Hosts First HIV/AIDS Program Management Training

12:00 AM8/24/2011
Reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS is a priority for U.S. Africa Command because of the disease's destabilizing effect to African nations, according to AFRICOM's civilian deputy Ambassador J. Anthony Holmes, August 17, 2011.

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NATO Partnership in Libya Serves as Model, Panetta Says

12:00 AM8/24/2011
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta today called U.S. support for the NATO mission that's helping opposition forces make progress against Moammar Qadhafi's regime Libya an example of the international cooperation that will be critical in the
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Situation Fluid, But Qadhafi Regime Nears End, Obama Says

12:00 AM8/23/2011
Though the situation in Libya remains fluid, the country is at a tipping point and the last hours of Moammar Qadhafi's regime are at hand, President Barack Obama said August 22, 2011.

The president spoke from Blue Heron Farm on
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Libyans Have Shown Human Dignity is Stronger than Dictators

12:00 AM8/23/2011
President Obama said the 42-year reign of Muammar Qadhafi over Libya is coming to an end, and the country's future is now in the hands of the Libyan people.

Speaking in an August 22, 2011 audio statement from Martha's Vineyard,
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Food Insecurity in Eastern Africa Continent's Worst in 20 Years

12:00 AM8/23/2011
The worst drought in more than half a century in Eastern Africa has brought on the region's worst food insecurity in 20 years, according to an assessment of conditions in the region released by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis
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Clinic Annex Expands Hours, Services for Kelley Patients

12:00 AM8/22/2011
The Stuttgart Clinic Kelley Annex has expanded its operating hours and services in order to assist more patients on Kelley Barracks.

Based on high demand for patient care, the clinic, which started operating in April, has quickly
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Botswana Defence Force, N.C. Guard Legal Experts Conduct Joint Mock Courts-Martial during Workshop

12:00 AM8/22/2011
Legal experts from the North Carolina National Guard and Botswana Defence Force (BDF) held their first joint mock courts-martial as part of a trial advocacy workshop in Gaborone, Botswana August 15-19, 2011.

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Swift Completes APS Visit to Nigeria

12:00 AM8/19/2011
High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) departed Lagos, Nigeria, August 13, 2011 after a two-week visit in support of Africa Partnership Station (APS) West.

While in port, Rear Admiral Kenneth "K.J." Norton, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa
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Seventeen CAPSTONE Fellows Visit U.S. Africa Command Headquarters

12:00 AM8/19/2011
A group of newly selected U.S. flag and general officers, known as CAPSTONE Fellows, visited U.S. Africa Command headquarters August 12, 2011, to discuss their recent visits to the African countries of Morocco, South Africa, Uganda and Djibouti,
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Executive Order--Establishing a Coordinated Government-wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce

12:00 AM8/19/2011
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
August 18, 2011

Executive Order--Establishing a Coordinated Government-wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal
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USS Samuel B. Roberts Departs Seychelles

12:00 AM8/19/2011
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) departed Seychelles August 18, 2011, after six-days of training in support of Africa Partnership Station (APS) East.

During the visit, sailors from Samuel B. Roberts hosted a damage control course
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AFRICOM Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

12:00 AM8/19/2011
AFRICOM is proud to host and celebrate the achievements of Hispanic Americans during Hispanic Heritage Month September 15 to October 15. The theme for this year’s observance is "Many Backgrounds, Many Stories...One American Spirit." Next
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2nd Annual Run4life Event

12:00 AM8/19/2011
The Stuttgart military community is preparing to celebrate once again cancer awareness with the 2nd Annual Run4Life event. U.S. Africa Command was a big supporter of last year’s event; let us once more support this great cause and relay for the
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