and there was some questions. he was only on the ground for about three and a half hours. there was some questions over whether his visit was symbolic or whether it will have some impact. monitoring these events for the past few months, we have seen incremental changes coming from the state department towards u.s.-somalia relations. they have a new ambassador who if she gets confirmed will be the first u.s. ambassador to somalia since 1991. it s really a change from the horrific images of black hawk down soldiers being dragged through the streets to suddenly having a very high profile visit like john kerry s. he spoke to somali leaders and basically said we re here for you through this peace-building process and we re working with the african union to make somalia safe. there s a key u.s. base