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

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

It should end now, while our servicemembers are fighting in two wars and at risk throughout the world.

How much of that assistance is going into education, where you can send a kid for $50 a year to school?

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

It is very different than when I wore the uniform of this country during Vietnam.

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.

Senator Bill Nelson. Ambassador Benjamin, Mr. Reid, and General Kearney, how are community leaders and reputable voices identified by your departments?

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

can identifying and empowering local voices be done without compromising the individual's credibility because of their association with the U.S. Government?

Gitmo has served its purpose, but now it's more of a problem than it is an asset.