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4 hrs ago | Killeen Daily Herald

Senator touts Texas economy

By Matt Goodman Killeen Daily Herald Texas Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, assured a ballroom filled with Central Texas officials Monday that the state is on more solid financial footing than any other.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Texas, Killeen Metro, Killeen, TX, Troy, TX, Horseshoe Bay, TX

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Axcess News

Did Fort Hood shooting spree turn base into a 'combat zone'?

By Mark Sappenfield Staff writer, CSMonitor - Several Texas lawmakers appear to be attempting an end-run around President Obama's effort to refrain from calling the Fort Hood shootings an act of terrorism.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Terrorism, John Carter

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Waco Tribune-Herald

EDITORIAL: For their country

No American can deny that the dead and wounded victims of this month's shooting rampage at Fort Hood fell in service to their country.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Opinion

The Dallas Morning News

DMN Investigates blog: Fort Hood suspect reportedly targeted soldiers

Investigative journalism in the public interest. Thata s what we focus on in Dallas-Fort Worth and throughout Texas.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Blog News, Fort Hood, TX, Dallas Metro, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Sat Nov 21, 2009

CNN

Hospital hearing sought for Fort Hood suspect

Suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, has a hearing Saturday about pretrial confinement.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Killeen Metro, Killeen, TX

Fri Nov 20, 2009

KRQE

Ft Hood victims could get more benefits

A Texas lawmaker is proposing to treat the 13 people wounded or killed this month at Fort Hood by a gunman as casualties of combat.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Fort Hood, TX, Violent Crime, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood

Thu Nov 19, 2009

American Legion Magazine

The Burn Pit

Have a tip for us? A link that should appear here? Send it to Mothax@legion.org News from the World of Military and Veterans Issues.

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Related Topix: Fort Hood, TX, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Austin American-Statesman

Shooter had his sights set on soldiers, sources say

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is charged with 13 counts of murder. Robert Godwin American-Statesman U.S. Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Michael McCaul, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

War on Terrorism

Fort Hood Casualties to Receive Combatant Status Under New House Legislation

Army and civilian personnel who were wounded or killed in the shooting attack on Fort Hood would be granted the same legal status as combatant casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan, if bipartisan legislation introduced today by U.S. Representative John Carter passes into law.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Michael McCaul

Star-telegram.com

Texas Republicans in Congress push terror angle in Fort Hood shootings

By MARIA RECIO WASHINGTON - For Texas lawmakers, the Fort Hood shootings are personal - and Republican members say they are anxious to get congressional investigations under way quickly, even if it means potentially inflaming 'politically correct' sensibilities.'It's clear to me this was a radical Islam jihadist who went to war against his own ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Silvestre Reyes, Democrat

Tue Nov 17, 2009

CNN

Congress considers military medals, Prague celebrates the Velvet...

Download PDF maps related to today's show: Transcript THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, World News, China, Asia

Killeen Daily Herald

Carter introducing legislation for victims

From staff reports Army and civilian personnel who were wounded or killed in the Nov.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Mon Nov 16, 2009

WJHG-TV Panama City

Fort Hood Memorial Service, NewsChannel 7 Live Streaming from Killeen, Texas

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are at Fort Hood where they'll attend a memorial service this afternoon for the 12 soldiers and one civilian who died in the shooting rampage Thursday at the post's Soldier Readiness Center.

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Related Topix: Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, US News, Chet Edwards, Al Green, Republican, US House of Representatives, Kay Granger, Michael Burgess, Democrat

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Killeen Daily Herald

Central Texas observes Veterans Day

From staff reports Several local events and programs are planned across Central Texas today in observance of Veterans Day.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Chet Edwards, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Texas, Killeen Metro, Killeen, TX, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Waco Tribune-Herald

Bill Whitaker: Saying no to the president

Sometimes you can't win for losing - or something like that. Look off to the right of this column and you'll see a sampling of letters we received about U.S. Rep.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Chet Edwards, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, Republican, Eric Cantor, Opinion

Waco Tribune-Herald

EDITORIAL: Standing tall and together for those who always stand up for us

One supreme oddity of human nature is that we often show the very best of ourselves during the very worst of times.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, US News, Chet Edwards, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Opinion

Fri Nov 13, 2009

KWTX

Edwards, Carter Both Vote Against Sweeping Health Care Bill

Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, and Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, both voted against the sweeping health care reform bill that the U.S. House passed in a 220-215 vote Saturday night.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Healthcare Law, Law, Federal Prisons, Prison, Candice Miller

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

More: Moment of silence set Friday for Fort Hood victims

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has declared a moment of silence for U.S. military forces worldwide as a show of respect for the Fort Hood victims.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Violent Crime, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Wed Nov 11, 2009

New River Valley Current

Suspected Fort Hood shooter was 1988 William Fleming High School graduate

Hasan attended Virginia Western Community College from 1990 to 1992. He graduated summa cum laude with an associate in science degree in 1992, according to college spokeswoman Margaret Boyes.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Chet Edwards, Democrat, Texas

Houston Chronicle

Obama: Victims 'embody responsibility'

They ranged in age from 19 to 62. They were immigrants and second-generation U.S. military, newlyweds and single moms.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, US Politics, US News, Michael McCaul, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Democrat, Sheila Jackson-Lee

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