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Clinton pledges greater US involvement in Somalia
Feb 23, 2012, 12:11 GMT
London - The US government is ready to step up its involvement in Somalia, including by establishing a more permanent diplomatic presence in the war-torn country, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday.
'For decades, the world focused on what we could prevent from happening in Somalia - conflict, famine and terrorism. Now, we are focused on what we can build,' Clinton told a conference on Somalia in London.
Clinton announced that the US would provide an additional 64 million dollars in humanitarian aid to the Horn of Africa, bringing pledges to a total of 934 million dollars.
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