mr. fortenberry. without objection, so ordered. they care deeply about this issue and they are also very relevant to this issue. i appreciate their presence. i now recognize mr. riggell for five minutes. >> given that i do not serve on this committee, i am grateful for the chairman was up the title of the hearing is honoring .he heroes of extortion 17 my comments are provided here today in that spirit, and i hope it honors the goodman that we lost. even within a community that is , the loss great risks of extortion 17 was truly tragic and profound. and so to the families that are here today, from one american to another, i offer you my deepest condolences. merits andagedy should receive and i believe has received unflinching recognition, looking at every measure to see if indeed we could have done something different. because we owe that to the men who we lost that day to honor their memory, and also we owe it to the commanders and the war fighters that will follow them to provide them with any lessons that could be learned to give