and for andrew wiley, who inconceiveably, unimaginably lost his wife on her birthday and his 7 and a half and 5-year-old children, he mentioned specifically the names of those who had been working with him in these very difficult days to recover the bodies of his wife and children. and again, the sense that there was not even just a community but a large and extended family came through in everything he said to me. that certainly is the way i feel after a year here. working with many of you, but of course many, many more with whom i do not work on a daily or weekly basis, but who i know are toiling in offices and posts and missions and projects across the world. on behalf of our country, our values, our interests, our security to, build that better future that we think every person deserves and to create the opportunity for every child to live up to his or her god-given potential. we've had a very active and challenging year. that has tested many of us. and forced some very difficult decisions upon the president and his team. but every step of the way, i feel very confident that as i

lost and also for vicker to yea delong who died in haiti as well as the wife and two children of andrew wiley an officer in the p.r.m. who was on assignment in haiti as well. an officer in the prm who was assigned in haiti as well. thank you very much. i know the secretary of state will address many of their issues, but i'd like to thank all of you who so generously committed your funds coming to her personal funds to the haitian relief efforts and also i'd like to note that we are also engaging in a separate and parallel effort to collect funds for what we called the foreign service national relief fund. we have a large number of foreign service national employees in haiti, many of whom