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The National Guard has 116 partnerships

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globally . Uh , it started in 1993 with

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13 , and now we're at 116 . Uh ,

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around the globe . The combat

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commanders love it for the capability

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that it provides . The nations that we

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partner with love it because it's

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building partner capacity . Uh , it's

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building burden sharing . We learn as

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much from them as they do from us , and

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as we continue to grow this program ,

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we need the supporting funding so that

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we can have the bilateral affairs

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officers , we can do key leader

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engagements , and we can continue the

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robust exercises and partnerships with

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the nations , uh , globally .