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President Obama Speaks About Fort Hood Tragedy
President Obama Speaks About Fort Hood Tragedy
From Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller: “As some of you might have heard there has been a tragic shooting at the Fort Hood Army Base in Texas,” President Obama said this afternoon at the Department of Interior, speaking at a...
Fort Hood Tragedy -- Barack Obama Gives "Shout-Out" Before He Comments on Shooting -- FOX News (video)
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Twelve Soldiers Killed in Fort Hood Shooting
Twelve Soldiers Killed in Fort Hood Shooting
abcnews.go.com — Twelve people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting spree at a Texas military base... by what officials believe was possibly carried out by an Army officer. The suspected gunman was identified by ABC News as Major Malik Nadal Hasan. The ... (more) Twelve Soldiers Killed in Fort Hood Shooting
Army: 12 die in dual shootings at Fort Hood, Texas
Army: 12 die in dual shootings at Fort Hood, Texas
news.yahoo.com — FORT HOOD, Texas The U.S. Army says 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded in a... shooting rampage on the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. Lt. Gen Bob Cone said at a news conference that one shooter has been killed and two suspects were apprehended on ... (more) Army: 12 die in dual shootings at Fort Hood, Texas
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Tragedy in Texas
The Palmetto Scoop — ... President Barack Obama called the shootings “a horrific outburst of violence” and said he had spoken to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen. ...

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blogs.suntimes.com 30 days ago — WASHINGTON--President Obama, reacting Thursday afternoon to the murders at Ft. Hood, said the shootings were "horrific." "As some of you might have heard, there has been a tragic shooting at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. We don't yet know all ...
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abcnews.go.com 30 days ago — Obama: My "prayers are with the wounded and with the families of the fallen."
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Contrast that with Obama’s photo-op in Delaware. Plus: Consider Obama’s “My Pet Goat” moment in his first public response to the tragedy! Friday night former U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush made a private visit to the victims of the massacre at ...
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Turns out this whole Fort Hood thing – apart from being a senseless and shocking human tragedy – also creates a problem for our president, according to the New York Times : Mr. Obama has made it a goal of his presidency to repair relations with Muslims around the world; in a ...
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President Obama spoke of the tragedy at Fort Hood in his weekly address today. See video below:
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Weekly Remarks by President Obama, as provided by the White House I’d like to speak with you for a few minutes today about the tragedy that took place at Fort Hood. This past Thursday, on a clear Texas afternoon, an Army psychiatrist walked into the Soldier Readiness Processing ...
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By GottaLaff Liveblogging President Obama: Shootings: Let's not jump to conclusions. All the facts are not in. Expressing sympathies for families, etc. Ordered flags to be flown at half staff, as a modest tribute to the fallen and to the military in general for their bravery and service. Signed ...
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Eleven people were killed and 31 wounded in multiple shootings Thursday at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, the Army said. Read our live updates here. Live on Twitter, we're capturing all the tweeted updates related to the terrible events at Fort Hood. This search is targeted, filtered, and ...
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