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We are participating in a us Israel 

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bilateral military exercise called 

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Juniper Oak 23.2 

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juniper Oak offers opportunities to 

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strengthen integration of land , air 

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and sea based systems , it also offers 

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us a great opportunity to build and 

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develop relationships with our partner 

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nations . We have pretty close ties 

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with the Israelis I think that getting 

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the opportunity to finally work 

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together um getting to know each 

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other's customs a little bit and how we 

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operate um if there is a future need 

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for us to have to incorporate military 

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forces , I think it's gonna help it 

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make a more fluid transition . 

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Today we continue to train develop 

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capabilities and work to increase the 

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idea Farinas and the area's operation 

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in routine and in emergencies . We're 

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working side by side with our Israeli 

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counterparts here and really with other 

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regional partners over the longer term 

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that's gonna ensure that we can defend 

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our forces , defend our partner nation 

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forces and others who are in the 

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coalition . It's really part of 

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integrating Israel into the centcom A . 

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O . R . And again , building that 

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partnership in depth and breadth . 

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But the main reason is really no just 

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better to prepare ourselves for the 

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future to come interoperability between 

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the United States and Israel enhances 

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the overall architecture of integrated 

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defense and to oppose the stabilizing 

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forces in the Middle East and that 

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collective approach that we take here . 

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It allows us to deter threats and then 

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over the longer term we know that this 

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is one of the places where strategic 

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competition happens on a day in and day 

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out basis . The central region is 

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central strategic competition , whether 

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that's against Russia or against the 

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chinese , we're here and we're here to 

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stay .