WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, the court-martial of accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan will creep forward at its glacial pace with a motions hearing to hear defense requests on a change of venue and the makeup of the panel that will potentially hear the case.

Facing 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder — and potentially the death penalty — Hasan’s trial has been delayed several months by his growth of a beard not permitted on service members.
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Carter just introduced yet again legislation to ensure that the victims and victims’ families in the Fort Hood attack are eligible for the same treatment, benefits, and honors as Americans killed or wounded in an overseas combat zone.

“I know I’ve got the votes if they bring it to the floor,” he said, adding he’s already talking with the majority leader about moving the bill forward. “The administration doesn’t want it to be bought to the floor.”
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His bill is not just about Purple Hearts for wounded soldiers, but opening eligibility for meritorious medals for those who protected others in the shooting rampage.

“It’s about time we meet obligations,” Carter said. “The enemy brought the battlefield to our own hometown.”

A co-sponsor of Carter’s bill, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), slammed the administration in a one-minute floor speech in the House earlier this month, saying Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, Attorney General Eric Holder, and Obama “have failed the people, and continue to fail the people that were wounded and killed and the families of Fort Hood.”
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“The people at Fort Hood, the wounded have been getting a very, very bad deal with Panetta,” the congressman continued. “It clearly is a terrorist attack. It is not workplace violence and by not calling it that, it’s a failure.”

http://pjmedia.com/blog/lawmakers-determ...n-of-fort-hood/

This is one case that's puzzling. Why does Obama & the Justice Department protect this man? I just don't understand their motive in protecting this killer and denying the ones killed or injured their rights.

"This is one case that's puzzling. Why does Obama & the Justice Department protect this man? I just don't understand their motive in protecting this killer and denying the ones killed or injured their rights"

Yeah, why? What's it to them?

I hope they can get this changed - those people who were injured do not qualify for benefits they should because of the "workplace violence".

Anyone who screams "allah akhbar" before going on a shooting spree - well, just duh.

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"This is one case that's puzzling. Why does Obama & the Justice Department protect this man? I just don't understand their motive in protecting this killer and denying the ones killed or injured their rights"

Yeah, why? What's it to them?

I hope they can get this changed - those people who were injured do not qualify for benefits they should because of the "workplace violence".

Anyone who screams "allah akhbar" before going on a shooting spree - well, just duh.

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Methinks this is all about being able to say there wasn't a domestic terrorist attack in his watch. Sad but true imho.

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http://pjmedia.com/blog/lawmakers-determ...n-of-fort-hood/

This is one case that's puzzling. Why does Obama & the Justice Department protect this man? I just don't understand their motive in protecting this killer and denying the ones killed or injured their rights.

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I will never forgive Obama for giving some sort of shout out to a friend before he made this announcement.

The Marxist punk hates our troops and never, ever cared that this Islamofascist terrorist slaughtered them in a horrific terror attack ON OUR OWN SOIL.

The anger I feel for Obama is sometimes impossible to contain.

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Methinks this is all about being able to say there wasn't a domestic terrorist attack in his watch. Sad but true imho.

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