President Obama and White House aides sought to reassure the nation that they have a handle on the security of U.S. diplomatic posts in Egypt just days after an American student was killed during protests in Cairo.

The attacks on the the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya last September are still fresh in people’s minds as Congress continues to investigate why the State Department failed to beef up security before the deadly assault that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, and if the Obama administration tried to mitigate blame for it afterward.