disposal. i think all of that will be looked at. i want to stress that these operations are normal in general. we have people in these places doing important work and i want to make sure that americans understand that this is more normal than abnormal as tragic as the loss of these soldiers' lives is. >> the pentagon has said this is routine patrol but these service members they were in unarmored vehicles, no rapid response from the u.s. side. does any of that concern you? >> it doesn't necessarily concern me. it's not really unexpected. niger is not a mature battlefield. we sent small special forces teams to conduct unconventional war fare. the infrastructure in africa isn't built up the way we have it built up in the middle east. there aren't enough resources to go around. as tragic as this event is