Fort Hood slayings prompt full Pentagon review (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Tue, 11/17/2009 - 3:02pm

People gather as a hearse leaves with the remains of Army Reserve Capt.<br /><br />Russell Seager following his funeral at the Wonewoc Center School in Wonewoc, Wis., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Seager, of Racine, Wis., was one of 13 people killed in the Fort Hood, Texas, mass shooting Nov. 5.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Barry Adams)AP - The Pentagon will investigate its procedures in light of the Fort Hood shooting rampage, looking at how all the military services keep a watch on potential problems in their ranks, officials said Tuesday.

The probe is still in the planning stages, but would be a broad examination beyond the particulars of Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, officials said.



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