i'll ask you, ms. muniz. >> i think the security requirements clearly significantly add to the expense, but i don't know that anybody in the state department on this committee would call into question the need for those security measures, both operationally during building and the measures physically that are put in place. but it does, when you look at the average cost of an embassy as compared to an office building on the market, those costs are very different but they are really driven by what are some of the safest facilities in the world. >> mr. green, one of the things i find a little troubling is when i visit embassies, they're remote in many cases and difficult working circumstances, it seems, for some of the embassy personnel as a result of the security requirements. and is there some indication that there are some cases where too much security actually interferes with the ability of the embassy pepprsonnel to do their job effectively? >> i would say generally no, but if you talk about access, for ex