Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
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happens to be the size that you need to consolidate<br />
a lot <strong>of</strong> people in.<br />
GENERAL WILLIAMS: Are there other<br />
comments? Would say this that yes, the acquisition<br />
and the disposal <strong>of</strong> property and all the rest <strong>of</strong> the<br />
activities that are in Keith's portfolio is very<br />
challenging. That group sees the host country the<br />
first time. They encounter it for the first time.<br />
And he is not exaggerating when he says there are<br />
many places that they don't even know how to sell<br />
property to someone who is not in that country.<br />
But I will say this that he made it sound<br />
very difficult and it is difficult, but he is very<br />
good at it. I have turned him around in the middle<br />
<strong>of</strong> the night from one location and said get a ticket<br />
and go this way. And he has done very well with it.<br />
The complicated projects he and his team, they have<br />
done a wonderful job. It's a part <strong>of</strong> our business.<br />
I wish we could make it easier but we have to have<br />
real estate. We have to essentially own every piece<br />
<strong>of</strong> property that we place these platforms on.<br />
And you know, when you look at our<br />
organization from the outside, you know, this is a<br />
part <strong>of</strong> the education that you can help us with.<br />
This is very tough work. You know, it's not just<br />
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