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It is with great honor that I welcome

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all of you to Accra , the vibrant

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capital of Ghana and to the opening

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ceremony of the 2024 African Maritime

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Forces Summit in Naval Infantry Leader

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symposium , Africa . We gather here in

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Ghana for the first ever combination of

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hy and nils making this the largest

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multi continent event of its kind . We

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are honored and excited to be co-hosted

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this important global event with the US

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Navy and Marine Corps . Over the next

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three days , we will hear from partners

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and civilian experts and consider

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solutions to destabilizing threats to

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the region . We need to work as a team .

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We become unstoppable if we focus on

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that .