Immediately we solemnly bear in mind the lives — Individuals, Kenyans, Tanzanians, and others — that had been violently taken from us 24 years in the past. The terrorist assaults in opposition to our Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania claimed 224 harmless victims and injured greater than 4,500 others. Amongst these we honor are the colleagues the Division misplaced that day, Individuals and Overseas Service Nationals devoted to strengthening bonds between the USA and our African companions. The victims of those assaults are by no means removed from our minds, and in the present day our ideas are additionally with the family members they left behind.

Within the aftermath of those heinous assaults, America and our companions met cowardice and depravity with braveness and dedication. The assaults, designed to intimidate us, solely bolstered our resolve. And earlier this month, America took decisive motion in opposition to al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, an architect of the 1998 assaults, making clear as soon as once more that we’re positioned to behave on our dedication, which doesn’t wane with time.

Immediately in South Africa and within the coming days from the area, I’ll reiterate to our African companions that America stays decided to work with nations of the continent to confront the shared challenges we face, together with the scourge of terrorism and violent extremism. As we bear in mind the lives taken from us practically 1 / 4 century in the past, we are going to proceed to show that those that search to face in the way in which of a greater future for our nations won’t ever be capable to succeed.