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Training but this is many bases train active base shooter scenario seeing this play out on fort hood again. i spoke with the fbi special agent who also served in the navy he talked to me how this active shooter scenario is handled. now, law enforcement officers on base, they have base security. sometimes their military police officers. sometimes they're hired contractors. but they are all law enforcement officers. and they have all been through law enforcement training changed since the columbine shooting since 1999. what used to happen is when law enforcement officials arrived at the scene, t...

Have you been getting your own reports about this? >> i have, both from my staffer on the ground and in touch with the facilities folks and been able to talk with them. then i'm chairman of the homeland security appropriations. i'm also getting dhs reports. >> are you satisfied with the speed of the investigation that's going on there now? >> well, yeah. the lady that spoke earlier is right. there are procedures that have to be followed by the army, and they do a very good job of it, but everything takes some time. i think general millie is going to come on some time now and give us a full rep...

Try to eliminate the threat that active shooter as quickly as possible and then clear the rooms. now, in a situation on a military base, in some ways it's a bit safer and that's because they do have the base security. it isn't s. enclosed location where they can tell people to shelter in place. and they do often have alarm systems to alert people of a problem. in this case warning alarms were sounded because of the scenario. now, the challenge is that if you have someone who is wearing a uniform, the law enforcement official i spoke with said that it's kind of like looking at a sheet of cookie...

>> well, yeah. the lady that spoke earlier is right. there are procedures that have to be followed by the army, and they do a very good job of it, but everything takes some time. i think general millie is going to come on some time now and give us a full report. >> have you been involved in discussion since the last shooting at ft. hood about base security, particularly at ft. hood and exactly what the procedures should be at the gates? >> i've had briefings on it by the staff at ft. hood and the facilities at ft. hood. one of the things that makes what we call the great place the great place,...

Second, this issue of ptsd, but a third about base security, and that same report i reference referenced talking to clint they did amp the nadal shooting, jack, because of budget restrain some recommendationing are not fully implemented. that's according to a pennell repopennell -- pentagon report released last month. cited the navy yard shooting. three of these shootings since september. how much is a budget problem? >> very little of it, actually. the biggest positive effect of the last incident was the development of quick reaction procedures, and drills, which don't cost 0 a great deal of ...