victor moved from neederland, texas, to move closer to work. mr. speaker, victor was killed not because of what he did. he was killed because of who he was. he was killed because he was an american. a radical islamic al qaeda group by the name of the significant anytories in blood claimed responsibility for this terrorist attack. those who seek to destroy us and kill indiscriminantly. they hate us for who we are and what we stand for. diplomacy is not in their vocabulary. two other americans were also killed in this attack. their names were gordon rowan of sumpter, oregon, and fredrick of katy, texas. the algerian military retook the compound after three days. they found that 34 other hostages had been killed and dozens of terrorists. mr. speaker, our thoughts and prayers and concerns are with the lovelady, rowan and gutacio families today. secretary pennetta said that america must respond to these murders. that is correct. we should go after these killers who have malice and evil in their hearts that kill americans because they are americans. that