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Questions about the security of u.s. bases here at home. experts say we need to think of ft. hood like a small city. the entire base covers 340 square -- tens of thousands of soldiers, civilian contractors and guests every day. ft. hood has its own police department, it has restaurants and it has big city problems like theft, domestic problems and dui. the mayor of the town who hosts ft. hood says theres no such thing as 100% security. >> you cant search every car as it goes on ft. hood, it woul...

Concealed weapons there, but they do have something that amounts to an honor system with soldiers who come on base with their weaponry. is that the right balance? >> i think the military has got the right balance thats in play, lets not lose sight of the fact that on ft. heood, thee are weapons on the -- you have the ability to react at a moments notice. what the military does and does probably better than anybody is after action events much like what occurred at the navy yard and the previous i...

Statfor, and a former special agent with the state department. you were at ft. hood the day before the shooting. were you carrying a gun and did you feel like ft. hood was safe? >> i think you have to keep this in perspective, ft. hood is no different than any other city, and in essence, anybody in any city needs to practice a high degree of situational awareness when theyre walking around or visiting. but the important aspect here i think for people to understand is that societys problems do no...

Ft. hood shooting victims. the conditions of the 16 survivors are all improving. but families of the three soldiers who were killed are facing the grim task of planning funerals. today investigators are builting a psychological profile of the shooter. theyre looking into report that ivan lopez go into some kind of verbal confrontation on the base and that he was upset about his leave -- he appeared agitated and disrespectful. its just one of the many angles investigators are pursuing. nbcs charl...

>> i think once the dust settles here, were going to find that from a contingency planning perspective that the ft. hood police really did a great job of neutralizing the threat. you get better as you practice and as unfortunately, you run through these events, as they had the previous attack with major hassan. like new york city is the best prepared city in america to deal with an act of terrorism. ft. hood is getting better at contingency planning. theres no doubt in my mind that the emergency...

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