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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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