give the al-Shabaab attacks on the West Gate mall and Garissa University, I'm sure your secret service could have suggested other countries for you to visit.
Well, I think it is important first of all that the president of the United States underscores our commitment to partnering with countries around the world, even though we're not intimidated
by terrorist organisations. Second , the counterterrorism co-opration between the United states and Kenya and Uganda and other countries- in East Africa-is very strong.
And partof the subject of the visit is to continue to strengthen those ties to make them more effective . Third, as i wind down my presidency,I've already had a number of visits to Africa. But this gives me an opportunity to focus on a region that i have not been visiting as president, and i'm also going to have the opportunity to talk to the African Union. So I'll be the fiest US president to not only visit Kenya and Ethiopia, but also to address the continent as a whole, building off the African summit that we did here which was historic and has, i think deepened the kinds of already strong relationships that we have across the continent.