facilities. since 1977, 65 american diplomatic personnel have been killed by terrorists. in addition those who have been killed, we know what happened in tehran with hostages being taken in 1979 and the embassy and marine barracks bombed? 1983. our embassies in east africa in 1998 and staff mored in jetta, saudi arabia in 2004 and the coast attack in afghanistan in 2009 and too many others. but i also want to stress the list of attacks that were foiled, crisis avert and lives saved is even longer. we should never forget that the professionals get it right more than 99% of the time because the terrorists only need to get it