In addition, Africa Command has established a deconfliction cell at its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, which helps to enable good communication among our allies and partners. Those efforts include providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to observe potential land routes out of Sudan and detect threats and positioning naval assets off the coast of Sudan, should they be needed.
Africa Command and the Department of Defense continue to work closely with State Department, which has the lead for helping American citizens wishing to depart Sudan. Secretary Austin also expressed his thanks to our allies and partners, to include Djibouti, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia, who were critical to the success of this operation. forces carried out this mission with precision and professionalism. As he highlighted in his statement regarding the operation, U.S. government personnel out of Sudan over the weekend. So first, I would like to underscore Secretary Austin's appreciation and thanks to our service members for their extraordinary work in close coordination with the State Department to help safely evacuate U.S. Just a few things at the top, and then we'll get right to your questions. BRIGADIER GENERAL PAT RYDER: Good afternoon, everyone.
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