Recognizing the November 5, 2009, attack on Fort Hood, Texas, as an act of radical Islamic terrorism and Jihad.

Whereas United States Army Major Nidal Hasan is reported to have communicated on multiple occasions with radical Islamic terrorist Anwar Al-Awlaki on the topic of justifying Jihad on the United States and its Armed Forces;

Whereas Major Hasan delivered addresses to Department of Defense personnel concerning the justification of Jihad against the United States Armed Forces;

Whereas Major Hasan is reported to have planned and trained for an attack on unarmed members of the United States Armed Forces at Fort Hood, Texas, with the specific intent to kill and injure those troops before their deployment to overseas theaters of war;

Whereas Major Hasan is reported to have declared his attack to be an act of Jihad in defense of Islam, shouting God is Great in Arabic while gunning down unarmed military personnel and civilians;

Whereas Major Hasan is currently charged with the murder of 13 and the attempted muder of 32 United States citizens during that attack; and

Whereas the Department of Defense submitted correspondence to the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security which referred to the violent Islamist extremist attack on Fort Hood, Texas, in the context of a broader threat of workplace violence: Now, therefore, be it