At the summit, government officials announced the launch of pilot programs in Boston, Los Angeles, and Minnesota to explore "the preventative aspects of counterterrorism as well as interventions to undermine the attraction of extremist movements."

One year later, it's still unclear what that entails, exactly. The government has provided few details on how it actually intends to "counter extremism" in the U.S., despite calling CVE an "administration priority" in the 2017 fiscal budget and allocating tens of millions of dollars in spending. In an indication of how these efforts are ramping up, this week a Senate subcommittee on Homeland Security approved a bill to create of an "Office for Partnerships Against Violent Extremism," which will soon head to the full Senate for approval. A 2017 budget submission for the Office of Justice Programs also mentions "$69 million for CVE programs" proposed for the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice.