I am deeply concerned about the way terrorist organizations--al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Hamas--are funded.

How do you build that capacity? What are you specifically doing with those religious leaders that you mentioned?

Let's take, for example, what we've just done in Afghanistan, where we went successfully into this town, Marjah.

So, Mr. Ambassador, you think there is a resourcing and capacity gap?

I think this is a terrible, terrible mistake, given the mission that the United States has right now.

The two commanders in that most violent part of the world that we're concentrating on, Afghanistan and Pakistan, are General Petraeus and his commander in Afghanistan.

empowering credible local voices sounds easy on its face, but it is truly a complex effort that must be done carefully.

Are there steps the U.S. Government could be taking to encourage the establishment of deradicalization programs along the Saudi model in other countries?

what is your view of the collective efforts of the U.S. Government, such as with Voice of America, Alhurra, or ongoing capacity-building efforts, to CVE messages and ideology today?

Gentlemen, what are you doing to make it less attractive for people to be converted to violent extremism?

Some of my proudest moments are seeing Americans abroad doing their daily task at a local level...

My definition of victory has been, for the last 6 years, that this ideological war ends when nonviolent Muslims feel empowered and cause violent Islamists in their faith to be marginalized.