Closing session of the 1st Maritime Counterdrug Symposium of the Americas
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I departed from the Innovation Exposition closing session around noon on Thursday and headed south to Cartagena, Colombia to attend the final session of the First Annual Counterdrug Symposium of the Americas. I will be posting more this week on the significance of this event. I was there with RADM Joe Nimmich, Director Joint Interagency Task Force, South and RDML Joe Castillo. Our new Director of International Affairs, Kirsten Madison join us as well.
This meeting was a very important step forward in bringing together all of the countries in the hemisphere to combat drug trafficking. We were proud to support our partners at Southern Command and my good friend ADM Jim Stavridis in this effort.
From 29 degrees in Virginia Beach to 80 degrees in Cartagena was a climate shift, but the degree of cordiality was priceless.
More to follow.
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