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You. i understand that you don't read them all nor do you have the time to do that. but i would think that within the department, you would have peebl who worked for you who are able to prioritize and get to you the ones that are more serious in nature. and especially when somebody's security is on the line. finally, president truman had a placard on his desk that said this buck stops here. i know you've taken responsibility and i applaud you for that, but i really hope this isn't just an exercise -- another exercise in finding lower level bureaucrats to throw under the bus and actually get so...

Point you made. we had good security at all of those embassies other than in tunisia because of the newness of the government. and then when a they were asked to respond, they did. i go back to the point that was made on the other side of the aisle. we are dependent on host government support. and where it doesn't exist unless we invade and unless we have a big military presence in a country, we are doing the best we can with our diplomatic security and private security guards and any other help we can get. >> mr. vargas of california. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, for the opportunity....