There is no indication that new Defense Secretary Robert Gates disagrees with the Somalia operation this week.
It follows a similar conference hosted by Mr Cameron last year to help Somalia rebuild itself.
But when a dictator came to power in Somalia the relationship soured in the 1980s.
Besides Somalia and the Netherlands, Ms Hirsi Ali has lived in Ethiopia, Kenya and Saudi Arabia.
In Congo, Sudan and Somalia, chaotic civil strife has kept vaccines and babies apart.
Kenya sent troops into Somalia to pursue al-Shabab, blaming it for a wave of abductions.
The armed pirates forced the pair to sail towards Somalia after their boat was captured.
Dolow is in one of several small pockets of territory controlled by Somalia's embattled, Western-backed government.
With Somalia in ruins the lure of piracy is unlikely to diminish anytime soon.
Because the U.S. ambassador, Michael Ranneberger - he's the ambassador to Kenya and also to Somalia.
That, you know, there are all sorts of disparate factions in Somalia right now.
It's believed he can play a role in reconciling the various factions in Somalia.
Matt Briden(ph), a Nairobi-based analyst who keeps tabs on Somalia, describes it this way.
These people will resist our efforts to bring stability and the rule of law to Somalia.
But on the question of the Ethiopians being in Somalia, give us the backgrounder on that.
Somalia's government, backed by African Union peacekeepers, has been battling Islamist guerrillas for years.
Five months later, in March of 1994, U.S. troops were pulled out of Somalia.
The State Department today rejected suggestions that U.S. policy in Somalia has been dealt a setback.
The situation off the coast of Somalia is foremost in our minds at the moment.
Somalia's shaky transitional government, backed by African Union peacekeepers, has been battling Islamist guerrillas for years.
The AU has about 18, 000 troops in Somalia to help the government battle the insurgents.
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Nevertheless, attacks linked to Somalia made up more than half the piracy incidents reported worldwide.
Guinea will send troops to join a peacekeeping force in Somalia, the African Union has said.
Other teams to feature include KCC of Uganda, Prisons of Tanzania and Benadir Telecom of Somalia.
Some countries had been reluctant to ease the ban for fear of fuelling insecurity in Somalia.
The move now gives Mr Kerry the option to provide defence aid to Somalia.
This was while Mr Abdi was detained for almost two-and-a-half years pending his removal to Somalia.
W. Bush responded by joining with the U.N. to lead a humanitarian mission to Somalia.
On Dec. 24, 2006, Ethiopia bombed targets in Somalia in support of the transitional Somali government.
Kenyan forces have moved to occupy southern Somalia and beefed up security on the coast.
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