acknowledge that isil has been particularly effective at reaching out to and recruiting vulnerable people around the world, including here in the united states. and they are targeting muslim communities around the world. numerous individuals have been arrested across the kin trifor plotting attacks or attempting to join ice until syria and iraq. two men apparently inspired by isil opened fire in garland texas, and because of our success in improving our homeland security we made it harder for terrorists to carry out large scale attacks like 9/11 but the threat of lone wolves or small cells of terrorists is complex, it's harder to detect and harder to prevent. it's one of the most difficult challenges we face and preventing these attacks on american soil will require sustained effort. i just want to repeat the good news is that because of extraordinary efforts from law enforcement, as well as owl