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On the recordJuly 8, 2016
The United States maintains a cadre of 50 deployable civil emergency experts that can assist in host nation capacity building for allies.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
Source
presidency.ucsb.edu

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Fact Sheet: U.S. Contributions to Enhancing Allied Resilience

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