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Dell del -- delhi. and this incident has evoked a lot of reaction, i heard one administrator saying they should arrest the same-sex marriage partners because homosexuality is now illegal there. >> reporter: that is right, a member of the opposition made that comment a day or two ago because really, there is such outrage in india over the way the diplomat was arrested in new york. the way that she was arrested, you know, during a school run and the strip searching. that has really, really upset people over here. people here, the government has called the incident barbaric, and even the indian p...

That has really, really upset people over here. people here, the government has called the incident barbaric, and even the indian prime minister is usually careful with his words. even he spoke out calling the incident despicable and deplorable. so yes, a huge amount of outrage, now, is india retaliating? yes, they have introduced a number of issues, they have taken away the identity cards issued to consulate staff here in india. what it basically means is they're stripping away some of the diplomatic privilege some people enjoy, such as access to airport lounges. also they have removed the co...

Tragedies for our department, for other agencies, and for america. hostages taken in tehran in 1979, our embassy and marine barracks bombed in beirut in 1983, khobar towers in saudi arabia in 1996. our embassies in east africa in 1998. consulate staff murdered in jetta in 2004. the khost attack and many others. i could give you a long list of attacks averted, the kinds our security specialists are engaged in. i have a lot of confidence in them, but we're going to do what we can to make sure that they get the support within our bureaucracy that they deserve out on the ground protecting our dipl...

Facilities. since 1977, 65 american diplomatic personnel have been killed by terrorists. in addition to those who have been killed, we know what happened in tehran with hostages being taken in 1979, our embassy and marine barracks bombeded in beirut in 1983 and the towers in saudi arabia 1996, our embassies in east africa in 1998. consulate staff murdered in jeddah, saudi arabia in 2004. the attack in afghanistan in 2009 and too many others. but i also want to stress the list of attacks that were foiled, crisis averted and lives saved is even longer. we should never forget that the security pr...

1983, khobar towers in saudi arabia in 1996, our embassies in east africa, 1998. consulate staff murdered in jetta in 2004. the khost attack in 2009 and too many others. since 197765 american diplomatic american personnel have been killed by terrorists. now of course the list of attacks foiled, crises averted and lives saved is even longer. we should never forget that our security professionals get it right more than 99% of the time against difficult odds all over the world. that's why like my predecessors, i literally trust them with my life. let's also remember that administrations of both p...