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Sat 11 Nov 2009US military to investigate Fort Hood shooting
WASHINGTON – The US military will investigate the circumstances surrounding the shootings at Fort Hood, including possible “gaps and deficiencies” in identifying those in all service branches who may pose a threat to their colleagues, defence secretary Robert Gates said.
The November 5th attack, in which 13 people were killed and 43 injured, raised “troubling questions that demand complete but prompt answers”, Mr Gates told a Pentagon news conference yesterday. “All that is left for us to do is everything in our power to prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future,” he said.
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