As I said, the concept of operations here agreed to among the various allies is the United States would contribute unique assets at the beginning including coordination, together with our coalition partners, and that we would then move to the next phase of ongoing operations, including the no-fly zone and preventing attacks on civilians.

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But, most military veterans understand the concept of small unit operations and leadership.

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The third doctrine will develop the concept of out of area operations further.

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The concept of building a financial department store covering operations in brokerage, insurance, real estate and banking came apart at the seams in 2008.

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The joint concept note presented here sets the stage not only for coordinated operations, but also for coherent policies among all agencies of the Cluster, which have different mandates and often differing client bases.

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