US President Donald Trump cast doubt on Friday on whether authorities will live-stream the firing squad execution of the perpetrator of a deadly attack on American soldiers, a plan that has drawn broad and bipartisan condemnation. Nidal Hasan’s execution – scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he gunned down 13 people in 2009 – is set to be the first by a US military firing squad since 1945. A Pentagon official said on Thursday that the execution would be streamed live, after US...
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SAT · 2026-10-10 · 06:23 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-1010-117818
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Trump casts doubt on Pentagon plan to live stream Fort Hood shooter’s execution
President Donald Trump has expressed doubt regarding the Pentagon's plan to live-stream the execution of Nidal Hasan, who is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan was responsible for a 2009 attack that killed 13 people.
Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-10-10 · 06:23 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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President Donald Trump has expressed doubt regarding the Pentagon's plan to live-stream the execution of Nidal Hasan, who is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan was responsible for a 2009 attack that killed 13 people. This planned execution would be the first by a US military firing squad since 1945. A Pentagon official had previously stated that the execution would be streamed live, a plan that has faced widespread bipartisan criticism.
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A Pentagon official confirmed the execution would be streamed live.
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The execution of Nidal Hasan is set to be the first by a US military firing squad since 1945.
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Nidal Hasan's execution is scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas.
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President Trump cast doubt on the Pentagon's plan to live stream the execution of Nidal Hasan.
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