Joe Lieberman

When we talk about violent Islamist extremists, we are talking about a very small number of people in the Muslim-American community.

More broadly, our investigation uncovered a troubling lack of awareness among some U.S. Government officials about violent Islamist extremism.

The bottom line here is that the results of our investigation were both deeply troubling and really infuriating.

I think we ought to call them what they hate to be called. They liked to be called terrorists.

It is really important that the people who acted negligently--and I know we all have the clarity of hindsight here, but that they be held accountable.

It does not take too many people to do a terrible amount of damage, as we saw at Fort Hood.

It should not be an act of moral courage for a soldier to identify a fellow soldier who is displaying extremist behavior; it should be an obligation.

I wholeheartedly endorse the report's recommendations for reform in DOD to better protect against this threat.

I commend this Committee and the leadership of Senators Lieberman and Collins for their ongoing work in identifying this dangerous ideology and developing ways to protect against it.

They deserve no less than our steadfast commitment to achieving the goals that we have set out in our report.

Our report--titled 'A Ticking Time Bomb: Counterterrorism Lessons from the U.S. Government's Failure to Prevent the Fort Hood Attack'--concluded, painfully, that the attack at Fort Hood was preventable.

I agree with the report's conclusion that Hasan's open displays of violent extremism was a violation of military rules calling for good order and discipline.

I am unconvinced. I am going to call them all of those things because I think that is what they are.

I find it outrageous that 10 years after September 11, 2001, we still have difficulty identifying this for what it is.

I am shocked and disappointed by what this report reveals about the failure of the Department of Defense to come to grips with violent Islamist extremism and the danger it presents to our troops.

The Department of Defense (DOD) missed several opportunities to reprimand and discharge Army Major Nidal Hasan for his growing and surprisingly open embrace of violent Islamist extremism.

I regret having missed the February 8 vote to consider an amendment to the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act. I was celebrating the joyous occasion of my newest grandson's birth with my wife and children. Had…

If we don't repeal don't ask, don't tell in this 111th session of Congress, the new Congress, I'm afraid, is not going to repeal it, and then we will have to depend on the courts to repeal it.

It would be disappointing, to the point of infuriating, if, with that kind of support in the Senate, having passed the House today, that the repeal of don't ask, don't tell is not accomplished before Christmas.

That means, Anderson, that we have got not 60, but now 61 members of the U.S. Senate publicly committed to the repeal of don't ask, don't tell.

We have got to get this done. We can get it done. It's an injustice. It's time for it to go.

I think that the -- the overall movement to end discrimination against our fellow Americans, based on their sexual orientation, is the front lines today of the civil rights movement.

Yes, I was very surprised by General Amos' comments. I know he's against the repeal. I, respectfully, just think he's absolutely wrong.

I have been saying this. People thought I was puffing, but I knew I had those votes, and I know I have got at least one more Republican who will come with me.

Well, most thrilling is the vote in the House of Representatives, which acted on our stand-alone bill, passed the repeal by a larger margin than when the repeal was adopted by the House in May, and picked up 10 more Republicans.