mr. stewart forrest. [ applause ] >> good afternoon. thank you chairman royce and to the hudson institute. as you will notice very quickly, i'm not an expert in any of the subject matter today. i'm here as an unofficial representative of a group that no one ever wants to be a part of, families of victims of terror. we lost taylor in a palestinian terror attack in israel about a year and a half ago. we immediately became members of that horrific club. he was a west point grad and two combat tours in iraq and afghanistan and brought his troops home safely from both tours. completed army commitment, went back to school and was a grad school and was on spring trip to israel when the attack occurred. purpose of this conference, i believe, is to get a better understanding of the big picture, how terrorism in all its forms and facets comes together. in my experience i have always been concerned with a small corner of the big picture, just taking care of smaller items and not worrying about understanding how everything works. over the past year