We absolutely do. On a daily basis, they are meeting and working.

I hope that fact will inspire and encourage a majority of members of both political parties to do the same and to, thereby, show that America's political leadership is still capable of suspending partisanship at the water's edge when our…

I don't want to do anything as part of the health care reform that makes our economic crisis, our unemployment rate worse than it already is.

the number of Muslim-Americans involved in these plots is quite small.

Well, thank you, Mr. Silber. Just two quick comments.

It is no longer a moral act of courage but, rather, an obligation to report disturbing information.

If the Army and the rest of the services make clear that Islamist extremist behavior is not tolerated and you have an obligation to report it right away, you will be doing an enormous favor to all the other Muslim-American soldiers who…

I am not here to second-guess the hard-working public servants who investigated this case, but to offer, based on my experience, how we might improve the system and better protect our men and women in uniform.

The purpose of this Committee's investigation is to determine whether that attack could have been prevented.

Most of these plots, except for the ones that were lone wolves such as the Little Rock case and presumably Major Hasan's case, at least what we know of him now, were true groups and have been stopped.

It is too early to say for sure, but that we did have a failure to share critical information.

So we will definitely pursue that, and that may be an area of recommendation for us.

The point is that information must be shared with those that have the ability to understand the full context and take action.

Our challenge is to make sure that we have not allowed new silos to build up.

I want to thank the Chairman for initiating this very important investigation and to express my appreciation to all of you today for your forthright, candid, and expert testimony.

Of course, I agree not only was it outrageous, but as you said, it hurts our efforts to succeed in this conflict.

Well, it would depend, I assume, what that would mean. In other words, I presume you would watch that person more carefully or take more aggressive action.

What then is the responsibility of an individual soldier who hears a fellow soldier express political views that he deems are extremist?

Well said. Thank you.

I assured them that our Committee understood and respected the difference between their criminal investigation and our congressional investigation.

I think who you reach out to for theological or doctrinal questions does give some indication to some degree to what message you are looking for.

we have to be careful about overreaction.

Yes, and as I stated earlier, Senator, I think the process would be to reach out to our Internal Affairs Bureau to move that up the chain of command so that got the appropriate level of attention.

It, as always, is a pleasure to work with you.

We are conducting this investigation because we believe it is our responsibility to do so according to law and Senate rules.