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And the first lady, along with the army's general george casey, traveled to fort hood for a memorial service itch this is a time of war. and these americans did not die on a foreign field of battle. they were killed here. on american soil. >> you were there when president obama arrived in fort hood. what was that experience like for you? >> definitely wasn't expected. you know, he was talking to the families. deceased. i don't think he was planning on stopping by the wounded warriors side and he ended up talking to everybody. i was there with a certain ribbon on that showed that my warrior was...

Stopping by the wounded warriors side and he ended up talking to everybody. i was there with a certain ribbon on that showed that my warrior was still in the hospital. >> reporter: straton also met his commander in chief. >> he was nice. his wife was nicer. i was really medicated so i don't remember too much of the conversation. >> it came my turn when he came to introduce me and asked my name and what i was there for, i just couldn't even get the words out. i just started crying at that point. >> reporter: coming up -- >> he keeps getting a pass. in fact, he keeps getting promoted. when we lo...

Judgear it is fort hood shooting, in a message released hiding in yemen, terrorist anwar al-awlaki praised the hassan massacre. >> americans refuse to admit that its foreign policies are the reason behind a man like nidal hassan. >> reporter: anwar al-awlaki was killed by helfire missiles from a u.s. predator drone. for the victims of the fort hood shooting, life will never be the same. >> we both changed since that day. >> reporter: how's that? >> emotionally. you know, when you are in something like this, you both, in essence have some issues of ptsd from this. >> reporter: have you two bull...

Hassan's massacre left 13 dead and 43 wounded. all of fort hood, the size of 32 football fields, serving more than 45,000 soldiers was on lockdown. straton and panning were taken away for emergency care. >> i called my father. he didn't pick up. >> when i listened to his voicemail, i don't know, my heart just dropped. hey dad -- i can't remember it all. but, hey, dad, there is some crazy... blankedy-blank down here, shooting everybody. i have been shot. >> i received a phone call from my mother because she saw something on the news and she was quite panicked and she was like, there has been a ...

Straton, in a civil case. what are your clients experiencing now? >> people who weren't actually shot are suffering from ptsd. they will be suffering from that -- probably for the rest of their lives. >> reporter: 2 1/2 years after the fort hood massacre, the court marshal of nidal hassan is set for august 20, 2012. in his most recent court hearing, he sported a full beard, against army regulations. >> the legal outcome i would like is death. >> reporter: would you be okay with that -- death penalty. >> i would be okay with the death penalty. yeah. it might be tooaise. but for what he did... >...