And we are making sure that those we help arethosewho will be friends of ours in the long term and friends of our allies in the region over the long term.
There is a reason why it is increasingly difficult for thosewhoare interested in carrying out transnational operations directed against our interests, ourfriends, our allies, to be able to do that -- is because the space has shrunk and their capacity to operate is greatly diminished.
More broadly, on the matter of what's called green on blue incidents, there's no question that these incidents are deeply concerning, and our hearts go out to the families and friends of thosewho have lost loved ones in those incidents.