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The U.S. Army says a 49-year-old brigadier general has died in Afghanistan.

   A statement posted on the Fort Hood website says Brig.

Gen. Terence Hildner died Friday in Kabul of apparent natural causes.

   Hildner has commanded the 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command at Fort Hood since August 2010.

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A military judge on Thursday could decide whether to delay the murder trial for the Army psychiatrist charged in the Fort Hood shooting rampage.

Maj.

Nidal Hasan will be back in court at a hearing when his attorneys are expected to tell the judge why they're seeking the delay.

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More witnesses are expected to testify about the details of last year's shooting rampage at Fort Hood. A military court is hearing testimony from victims.

The proceeding will determine if Major Nadal Hasan will face a court martial on 13 murder and 32 attempted murder charges.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

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The Pentagon on Friday offered its view of what the military missed before a massacre at Fort Hood, Texas.

People who worked with him say Major Nidal Hassan left many warning signs before allegedly opening fire last year.

Defense Secretary Gates says the internal Pentagon policy review "raises serious questions" about the military's ability to cope with security threats within its ranks.

NPR has reconstructed what officials did or didn't do over the past year with regard to Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood shooter.

Sources say it's likely that the FBI, which looked into Hasan last winter, may have missed clues about his character because it got information from the wrong Army file.

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Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan faces 13 counts of premeditated murder and could face the death penalty for his alleged shooting of 12 soldiers and a civilian at a processing center for soldiers about to be deployed.

Once the case goes to trial, it promises to be one of the highest profile cases ever within the military's justice system, and the Army is trying to do it by the book.