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Trump approves firing squad execution of 2009 Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan

President Donald Trump authorized the execution of Nidal Hasan, the soldier convicted in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting, by an Army firing squad following War Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s request, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Monday

Republican Ledger staff · 8:39 PM ET

Trump approves firing squad execution of 2009 Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan
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President Donald Trump authorized the execution of Nidal Hasan, the soldier convicted in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting, by an Army firing squad following War Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s request, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Monday. “Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J.

Trump has approved — death by U.S. […]

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