The United States decided to take measures to ensure the security of its embassies when

The US State Department says at least 150 of its embassies around the world do not meet America’s security standards. Sarah Morris reports from Washington.
    The United States State Department has spent 4 billion dollars on measures to protect buildings and staff at its foreign embassies and consulates over the last decade. Despite this, it’s now estimated that at least 150 US missions abroad have not attained designated safety standards according to documents obtained by the AP News Agency. The move to improve security was spurred by the attacks on the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania a decade ago, in which 231 people were killed.