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Bill Nelson

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Bill Nelson is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Florida's 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001. Nelson also held the position of Florida's Insurance Commissioner from 1995 to 1999, where he focused on consumer protection and insurance reform.

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Mar 9, 2010

You said, General Stone, earlier, that General Petraeus understood and supported you and what you were doing in the prison in Iraq.

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Mar 9, 2010

We must meet our obligation to the widow and orphan with the same sense of honor as was the service their loved one had rendered.

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Mar 9, 2010

Do those local officials know the true teachings of the Koran? Or have they been brainwashed into what the violent extremist version taught by some of the elements of al Qaeda say the teachings are?

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Mar 9, 2010

What I'm very concerned about is the combination of Iran with Venezuela, and the knowledge that we have, that Hamas and Hezbollah are trying to set up shop and do have some operations in this hemisphere.

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Mar 9, 2010

You're saying that the U.S. Government really doesn't understand the concept of violent jihadists.

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Mar 9, 2010

It just drives me bats when I hear, 'Well, we have the resources to dig a well, but we don't have the resources to go over here and help with education.'

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Mar 9, 2010

It was not answered this morning. As a matter of fact, the subject of this hearing is CVE, and we started talking about deradicalization in the first panel.

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Mar 9, 2010

Before we conclude, can you please give me your comments on the success, or lack thereof, of the Saudi rehabilitation program?

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Mar 9, 2010

Their mission is to support the priorities of the ambassador and the geographic combatant commander's (GCC) campaign plan against terrorist networks.

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Mar 9, 2010

the best strategies for undoing terror networks... is to co-opt the very same social and psychological processes

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Mar 9, 2010

what areas of the U.S. Government's CVE efforts are in most need of our attention and how would you address these shortcomings?

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