Amanda J. Dory, deputy assistant secretary of defense for African affairs, and Siraj Fergessa, the Ethiopian Minister of Defense, speak at the start of the 6th Annual U.S. and Ethiopian Bilateral Defense Committee meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in March 2016. The committee worked on how the United States and Ethiopia will work together to promote peace and stability in the region. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook