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Ft. Hood shooting survivors recall their ordeal

Nov. 9, 2009
On a day of prayers in Texas, the images of last week haunt them. Officials give no motive as the suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, remains hospitalized. On this Sunday more than any other, Shemaka Hairston needed to pray.
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Report: Hasan called for infidel's deaths

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of slaying 13 people at Fort Hood, once said that infidels should be killed, The Daily Telegraph reported Sunday.

Lieberman: Will move on Fort Hood probe

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate will move ahead with an investigation into last week's mass shooting at the Army's Fort Hood, a senior senator says.

Hasan taken off ventilator

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 fellow military members at Fort Hood, has been taken off a ventilator, the Army said.

Investigators believe Hasan acted alone

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, was not part of a terrorist plot, investigators have tentatively concluded.

First aid began when Hood shooting ended

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The two police officers who ended the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, said they began first aid on Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as soon as they shot him.

Neighbor says Hasan gave away belongings

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A neighbor of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan says he gave her most of his belongings shortly before going on a deadly rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.
Fort Hood plagued by suicides

Fort Hood plagued by suicides

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Suicides are a serious problem at the U.S. Army's Fort Hood, the huge Texas military base where an officer went on a deadly shooting spree, records show.

Fort Hood shootings

FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. Army major was being held as the suspect in an Army base shooting in Texas that resulted in 13 deaths and 30 other people wounded.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch