he was one of our best and our brightest, one of our finest experts on the middle east, and one of our bravest officers. we re a pretty small namely in the near east division of the state department, and it feels like a family loss. it s also a loss to the nation, and frankly it s a loss to the libyan people, they had no greater supporters. bill: indeed it is. everybody has talked about great he will weekends about his life there. it is indeed a great loss. in the bigger picture mr. ambassador you have spent many years overseas in this part of the world your perspective is invaluable. 0 how are we to understand where this is going? the first thing to recall, bill, is we ve seen parts of this movie before. this is not the first time that what are perceived in the region as desecrations of islam have resulted in violent outburst. i ve seen it in pakistan, i saw it when i was ambassador in