Leave It to Texas: Bill Would Reclassify Fort Hood Attack as Act of Terror So Victims Can Get Benefits They Deserve
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sens. John
Cornyn and Ted Cruz have introduced a bill to reclassify the 2009 Fort
Hood shooting rampage as an act of terror and provide more benefits for
victims and their kin.
The Texans on Thursday introduced the Honoring the Fort Hood Heroes Act.
FILE
– This undated file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff’s
Department shows Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan. A military jury has
sentenced Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood
that killed 13 people and wounded more than 30 others. Credit: AP
A military jury last month sentenced
Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the attack at the Central Texas post that
left 13 people dead and 30 hurt. Victims and relatives have complained
that the U.S. government wrongly categorized the attacks as workplace
violence.
The bill offered Thursday would provide life insurance, tax breaks for death in a combat zone and other combat-related pay.
Hasan following the trial became an inmate at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., home to the military death row.
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