Nov 6th, 2009 - Boston
President Obama's schedule puts him squarely in the middle of the two biggest stories in Washington.
One stop on his itinerary, the White House insists, had been previously scheduled, though it is quite appropriate. This afternoon, he makes his first visit as commander-in-chief to Walter Reed Army Medical Center to talk to the war wounded -- a day after an Army psychologist reportedly upset about being deployed to the war zone killed 13 and injured 31 at Fort Hood in Texas.
Related stories:
At Walter Reed, a palpable strain on mental-health system
Nov 7th, 2009 - Washington Post
The instructions were simple: Talk about your feelings on the morning after learning that an Army major in Texas was believed to have gunned down 13 people and wounded another 38 at Fort Hood. But here at Walter Reed Army Medical Center...
Fort Hood Suspect May Have Suffered From 'Compassion Fatigue,' Experts Say
Nov 6th, 2009 - FOXNews
Health experts say they are hardly astonished that the suspect in the worst mass murder ever at a U.S. military base is an Army psychiatrist - the very person who is supposed to be helping soldiers deal with the traumatic stress of war. Maj...
Obama says don't jump to conclusions on shooting
Nov 6th, 2009 - Boston
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama said Friday the entire nation is grieving for those slain at Fort Hood, and he urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officers investigate the shootings.Troubling Portrait of Suspect Emerges
Nov 5th, 2009 - AOL News
WASHINGTON (Nov. 5) - His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S...
Fort Hood killer Nidal Malik Hasan opposed wars, so why did he snap?
Nov 6th, 2009 - NY Daily News
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was a soldier who didn't want to go to war, a man of God who defended murder and a doctor who shot up the soldiers he was supposed to heal. As he lay mute in a hospital bed Thursday night...
Related videos from YouTube:
- Michael Penn - Walter ReedVideo for the song "Walter Reed" by Michael Penn, directed by Thomas Horne. Michael was shot on a green screen with a Nikon D70 and composited with still photographs of LA and Chicago, and edited together with archival footage.
- Hugh Laurie "Walter Reed"A slideshow if the sexy and talented Hugh Laurie with the song "Walter Reed" by Michael Penn
- Christmas at Walter Reed...The Red Cross distributed donated gifts and cards to wounded soldiers at Walter Reed.
- General George Patton Talks...General Patton appears on Imus to talk about Walter Reed Hospital and Britney Spears.
Related stories from Digg:
Hasan's Supervisor Warned Army In 2007 Memo
In a May 2007 letter obtained by NPR, Nidal Hasan's top supervisor at Walter Reed outlined "serious concerns" about Hasan's "pattern of poor judgment" and "lack of professionalism." The memo says Hasan proselytized to his patients, mistreated a homicidal patient and hardly did any work.(World News)
ampratherWed, Nov 18th, 200985 Diggs, 11 CommentsCollins slams White House on Ft. Hood briefing
People like Hoekstra need to just shut-up::Senator Collins should be criticizing him and not the President--Hoekstra=treason!!As an old nurse--doctors do become mentally ill and routinely this is swept under the rug--People have to stand up where ever they are::Walter Reed superiors were the problem-promote rather than treat and kick out!! (Political Opinion)
mrbuddyWed, Nov 18th, 20091 Diggs, 1 CommentsNidal Malik Hasan's (Fort Hood Shooter) Wikipedia Page
The page was started on November 6th, and notice some of the details, like how he attended Virgina Tech, as well as when he was an intern at Walter Reed he received counseling and extra attention? I find it odd that all of these similarities are meshing into a School Shooting, military base shooting, what's next shooting scenario.(Political Opinion)
SpartanLeonidasSat, Nov 14th, 20092 Diggs, 0 Comments
