Wednesday, November 11, 2009

President and First Lady Pay Respects At Military Base

Veteran's Day took a more poignant and somber meaning as President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama paid their respects to the victims of last week's military massacre at the Fort Hood Army Base in Kileen, TX. Maj. Nadal Malik Hasan, a military psychiatrist upset about being deployed overseas, marched into the Soldier Readiness Processing Center where soldiers are sent before being deployed; opening fire with two handguns killing 13 and wounding 30 others. President Obama condemned the killings saying "No faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no just and loving God looks upon them with favor," he continued "And for what he has done,we know that the killer will be met with justice--in this world and the next." The President did not mention Hasan by name. President Obama and the First Lady began meeting with families of the victims offering consolation and meeting with the wounded.

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