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Trump Signs the Firing Squad Order for Fort Hood Killer Nidal Hasan: Date To Be Announced by Army Secretary

FORT HOOD, TX - NOVEMBER 10: A fallen soldiers memorial is seen in front of the podium where the memorial service that U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will attend for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage by U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan on November 10, 2009 in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan, an army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 30 in a shooting at the military base on November 5, 2009. (Credit: Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

"Judgement Day Has Finally Come"

President Donald Trump formally authorized death by U.S. Army firing squad for Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 — setting in motion what would be the first military execution in more than six decades. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed the order Monday in a post on X, writing: "Judgement day for Hasan has finally come."

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