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By Staff Sgt. Eboni Prince
Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa

Djibouti, October 13, 2017

Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, U.S. Africa Command commander, pose for a photo in Mogadishu, Somalia, Oct. 12, 2017. Waldhauser and Martin Dale, the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Mission to Somalia, along with other senior U.S. military and Department of State leaders, visited Somalia to engage with key Somalia stakeholders and express the U.S. government’s commitment to the security and stability of the Federal Government of Somalia, Somali National Security Forces, and the African Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eboni Prince)

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