Our military has also begun to play an active role. In Namibia, for example, ...

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Our military has also begun to play an active role. In Namibia, for example, the U.S. military helped train nearly 600 peacekeepers on women's issues who were then deployed to Chad. This type of military-to-military engagement helps ensure that soldiers understand their obligation to protect women and girls in conflict areas and receive the training to know how to do that.

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