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via Members of Congress Demand Obama Administration Classify Ft. Hood Attack an ‘Act of Terrorism’ – ABC News.
In the wake of an ABC News story detailing
claims by victims of the Fort Hood shooting that they have been
neglected by the military and ‘betrayed’ by President Obama, the chair
of the House Homeland Security Committee has sent a letter to his fellow
members of Congress demanding that the Obama administration classify
the attack as a terrorist act and provide full benefits to the victims
and their families.
“It is time for the administration to
recognize the Fort Hood shooting for what it is—an act of terrorism,”
wrote Rep. Michael McCaul, R.-Texas, in a letter cosigned by Rep. Frank
Wolf, R.-Virginia. “To date, the Department of Defense and the Army
classify this attack [as] ‘workplace violence,’ despite mountains of
evidence [that] clearly proves the Ft. Hood shooting was an act of
terror.”
The letter recommends that members of
Congress view the ABC News report, “which highlights the broken promises
made to the victims of that attack by the Obama Administration. The
video contains never-seen-before footage of the terrorist attack and
moving interviews with several of the survivors.”
“As this news piece makes clear,” wrote
McCaul and Wolf, “the result of this inexcusable [workplace violence]
classification … is that victims and their families have not received
the same recognition or medical and financial benefits as those wounded
or killed in war.”
On Tuesday, Rep. Wolf took to the floor of
the House to urge members to watch the ABC News report, and said Ft.
Hood was “clearly a terrorist attack.”
“While the Obama administration has
designated the attack that killed all those people as workplace
violence, the survivors cannot get assistance,” said Wolf. “Secretary of
Defense Panetta, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dempsey,
Attorney General Holder and the President of the United States have
failed, failed the people and continue to fail the people that were
wounded and killed, and their families at Fort Hood.”
More: Congressman Reintroduces Bill to Help Ft. Hood Shooting Victims
The Congressman whose district includes
Ft. Hood is reintroducing a bill that will help victims of the 2009
shooting at the Texas Army base receive full benefits and make them
eligible for the Purple Heart or the civilian equivalent.
“Shortly after the shooting, I introduced
The Fort Hood Families Benefits Protection Act, which would award both
military and civilian casualties of the Fort Hood attack combatant
status,” said Rep. John Carter, R.-Texas. “It became clear early on that
the Obama administration was reluctant to officially refer to the
November 5, 2009 attack on Fort Hood as a ‘terrorist attack.’”
Carter announced the reintroduction of the
bill in the wake of an ABC News investigation detailing claims by
victims that they have been neglected by the military. In a report that
aired on “World News with Diane Sawyer” and “Nightline,” former police
sergeant Kimberly Munley, who helped stop the Ft. Hood shooting, said
she felt “betrayed” by President Obama and that he broke a promise to
make sure the victims would be well taken care of.
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