continuing to do what we can to support the transition. it is very much in my view in america s interest to continue to try to do so. i yield back. the chair will recognize the general lady from illinois ms. duckworth. i understand there were securiity improvements made. can you talk about those prior to the attacks and perhaps some of the things you sort of eluded to with more ventilation in the safe rooms and some of those things? yeah, there were a number of security improvements that were made to the facility. again, there was an emphasis on the outer walls, to try to create a more effective guard
effective guard entrance. there was an effort to try to make sure that the facility itself was hardened so that it could withstand attacks if that came to pass. it was in a series of decisions made by the security professionals in november of 2011 our people in benghazi said they needed to hire additional local guards. money was approved that day in december of that year. they asked for money to buy jersey barriers. funds were sent by the end of the week. in january 2012 regional security officer requested all personnel deploying to tripoli and benghazi complete specialized foreign affairs counter threat training course which was implemented. in january 2012 they asked for money for sand bags, security lights, steel door upgrades, car barriers promptly sent.