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Kokonikorekoed . Uh , for more than 20

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years I've been coming to Friendship

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Day sometimes in the rain , sometimes

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in the sun , but always with wonderful

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friends . It's such a pleasure to be

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here with the people of Japan , the

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Japanese Self Defense Force , and our

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young , young fire breathing , meat

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eating American Marines . Uh , very

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proud to be here and proud to spend the

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time on this beautiful day with you .

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Uh , the MAGD activities , uh , you

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know , as I've seen them for the last

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20 years , have always , uh , you know ,

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had a long discussion with the , with

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the local community . You know , I , I

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spoke to the mayor earlier . Uh , I've

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spoken to him since I've been back this

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time . We always take into account

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what's , what's best for the local

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community , uh , and what we need to do

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with training in order to make sure

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we're as ready to defend Japan and the

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United States as we possibly can .