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DSCA Director VADM Jeffrey Wieringa discusses DSCA's role in security cooperation and building partner capacity with regional US Ambassadors and a host of senior DoD and State Department officials during the Regional Ambassador's Conference in Manama, Bahrain recently.
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Lt Gen (sel) Robert Allardice, CENTCOM J5, and VADM Wieringa discuss security cooperation initiatives during the Regional Ambassador's Conference.
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VADM Jeffrey Wieringa speaks with Michele Sison, US Ambassador to Lebanon, about how DSCA and the SC Community affected a positive outcome in recent national elections in Lebanon.
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Gen. David Petraeus, commander, CENTCOM (left) and VADM Wieringa (right) discuss how CENTCOM's FMS priorities help focus SC community efforts in the region.