permanently shut down its embassies in yemen, in somalia, in libya, of course in syria over the past few years. what's going on in that part of the world? >> it's a very large concern as the united states faces threats from isis in other parts of the continent. if you are looking at africa looking at boko haram, look at what they are doing pledging allegiance to isis as they try to grow this cancer they are spreading, the malignancy is growing and i think that's the challenge we face. obviously our embassy security our diplomatic security a concern not just in the middle east and those regions but around the globe. the attack on ambassador lippert, the threats to ambassador kennedy. i spoke to ambassador lippert in the days following the attack as chairman of the east asia subcommittee making sure we are doing everything we can to find out what happened. senator rubio and i asking the state department for -- telling us more information about what is happening to security efforts there and getting behind -- getting to know what's behind these attacks and this increase in threats.