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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.

The event, coordinated

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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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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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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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Libyan Rebels Advance Against Qadhafi Regime

12:00 AM8/18/2011

Moammar Qadhafi's regime is on its last legs, and what happens after the Libyan dictator is gone is up to the people of that country, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said in Washington, D.C., August 17, 2011.

Libyan rebels

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USS Samuel B. Roberts Arrives in Seychelles

12:00 AM8/16/2011

USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) (Sammy B.) arrived in Victoria, Seychelles to begin involvement with Africa Partnership Station (APS) East's Hub, August 12, 2011.

The Seychelles Hub will feature students from East African partner

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A New Perspective: Djiboutian Military Tours EMF

12:00 AM8/15/2011

Service members from the Djiboutian Military Medical Service Corps were given the unique opportunity of touring the Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility on Camp Lemonnier, August 9, 2011.

The tour of the facility was conducted as

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Ceremony Marks Significant Historical Event for U.S. Army Africa

12:00 AM8/15/2011

More than 350 soldiers, civilians and family members gathered August 12, 2011, at Hoekstra Field in Vicenza, Italy, for an exciting and historic event for U.S. Army Africa - one that highlighted the distinguished history of Headquarters Support

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A New Perspective: Djiboutian Military Tours EMF

12:00 AM8/12/2011

Service members from the Djiboutian Military Medical Service Corps were given the unique opportunity of touring the Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility on Camp Lemonnier, August 9, 2011.

The tour of the facility was conducted as

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U.S. Delegates Mobilize Global Response to Horn of Africa Crisis

12:00 AM8/10/2011

Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Biden, has led a U.S. delegation to the Horn of Africa to mobilize a global response to the region's worst drought in more than 60 years, which the United Nations estimates has left at least 12.4 million

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African Soldiers Earn Hall of Fame Honors

12:00 AM8/10/2011

Two senior non-commissioned officers from African nations were inducted into the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy's (USASMA) International Military Student Hall of Fame July 2011.

Master Warrant Officer Dickson Owusu, sergeant

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Newly Appointed U.S. Ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Makes First Visit to AFRICOM.

12:00 AM8/10/2011

STUTTGART, Germany – U.S. Ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Henry S. Ensher, made his first visit to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) on August 2, 2011.

During Ensher's visit, he met with AFRICOM officials

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Obama Approves $105 Million More for Horn of Africa

12:00 AM8/9/2011

President Obama has approved an additional $105 million for urgent humanitarian relief efforts across the Horn of Africa, where the United Nations estimates that more than 12.4 million people are in urgent need as a result of the region's worst

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Top U.S. Officials Heading to Kenya; Refugee Numbers Rise

12:00 AM8/8/2011

The wife of the U.S. vice president, Jill Biden, will travel to Kenya in the near future to assess the humanitarian disaster unfolding in the Horn of Africa. She'll accompany Rajiv Shah, who, as administrator of the U.S. Agency for

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