we'll go to chad blair who has a question for representative hirono. chad?resentative, hawaii's delegation has long pushed for fulfilling the u.s. governments promise of benefits for filipino veterans who fought during world war ii. how can you help, how would you help in washington these aging soldiers and their families who are sew richly deserving of compensation? hirono: well we actually passed a bill that did provide some compensation finally, long overdue, for the filipino veterans and i was a cosponsor of that kind of legislation. in addition i'm the prime sons spore of a bill that would reunite filipino world war ii veterans with their children, many of whom are in their 60s, with their parents. so this is part of the comprehensive reform, immigration reform, that i talked about. i talk with filipino veterans often and they know the work that i'm doing in support of benefits for them. and in addition we talk about, they also care about things like the d.r.e.a.m. act which the republicans do not support. and filipino veterans, filipinos who are immigr

we're going to chad blair. >> it seems clear that the september 11 attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya was a planned terrorist attack. how should the u.s. respond to this latest provocation? >> i think it's important in the area of national security to make certain that the country comes together in these kinds of times. this was a presentable situation likely because there was a request made for additional security there in benghazi. i feel sad for our ambassador and for his family. but america should have recognized and the state department should have recognized this was a very volatile area. national security is an area that hawaii has to be extremely concerned about as well because we are in one of the most volatile parts of the world. i know a lot of attention is focused on the middle east but in fact this is the site of the largest military build upton planet. >> what's happening now with regard to the investigation of what happened in libya is a commitment to make sure that we find out exactly what happened so that this kind of tragedy doesn't happen

we're going to chad blair. >> it seems clear that the september 11 attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya was a planned terrorist attack. how should the u.s. respond to this latest provocation? >> i think it's important in the area of national security to make certain that the country comes together in these kinds of times. this was a presentable situation likely because there was a request made for additional security there in benghazi. i feel sad for our ambassador and for his family. but america should have recognized and the state department should have recognized this was a very volatile area. national security is an area that hawaii has to be extremely concerned about as well because we are in one of the most volatile parts of the world. i know a lot of attention is focused on the middle east but in fact this is the site of the largest military build upton planet. >> what's happening now with regard to the investigation of what happened in libya is a commitment to make sure that we find out exactly what happened so that this kind of tragedy doesn't happen