washington republican u.s. senator ted cruz tuesday accuse obama administration under-emphasizing threat radical islam preside senate hear second time since suspend presidential campaign early may president barack obama top justice department officials come fire conservatives avoid term radical islam denounce attack violent extremists claim inspiration islamic state orlando nightclub shooter administration officials counter focus use phrase political distraction give fuel islamic state propagandists say unite state wag war islam absent tuesday hear subcommittee senate judiciary committee two top justice department counter-terrorism officials cruz invite testify obama administration course decline appear explain policies cruz say hear note officials provide reason stay away justice department spokesman marc raimondi say email statement department focus aggressively successfully pursue terrorist adversaries deny unchallenged recruit platforms spread message hate intolerance democratic members subcommittee say national security policies target muslims presumptive republican presidential nominee donald trump call ban muslim immigrants would unconstitutional counter-productive fight radicalization radicalization say democratic senator christopher coons delaware add end hear think argue semantics three hours help improve american national security experts muslim arab advocacy group well former government national security officials testify hear represent side debate whether administration emphasize islam much little counter-extremism policies protesters code pink anti-war advocacy group offer cruz pack gum label islamophobin enter hear room tell could cure islamophobia cruz chair contentious u.s. senate hear 'radical islam