government response to notch ral raldy sasters. thank you again for this in th opportunity to highlight the great work that the men and women of the department of ok for defense are going alongside our the partners in usaid and the state department and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you. i understand mr. connolly has another scheduling issue. i'm going to let you ask the first question. >> mr. chairman thank you. i really appreciate it.upport welcome to our panel. i'm particularly interested as a long time supporter of and participant in usaid programs, lessons learned. nepal s what worked what didn't. we've been in nepal since 1951. we've done a lot of training and spent a lot of money on emergency preparedness knowing with. this is a high risk area to two begin with.s you're in, you know -- you're between two technical tonic plates that created the him lay yas. so i mean this is real stuff. what worked?your opi what worked well mr. staal in your opinion and what disappointed us that we have to beef up and improve? >>